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[b]Russia plans to launch more than 600 communication and remote sensing satellites, President Vladimir Putin said earlier.]

FSUE "Space Communications" and JSC "Gazprom Space Systems" plan to invest more than 140 billion rubles in the "Sphere" program. This was announced by the Deputy General Director for Development and operation of communication Systems of FSUE "Space Communications" Evgeny Buidinov and Deputy General Director for Business Development of JSC "Gazprom Space Systems" Igor Kot.

The Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched in the US state of Florida with another group of Starlink Internet satellites. SpaceX is broadcasting live on its Twitter page on Thursday, February 4.

At the same time, John Raymond found it difficult to clarify whether military space will become one of the areas of regular negotiations between the countries in the field of strategic stability

The commander of the US Space Forces, Air Force General John Raymond, supports a professional dialogue with Russia and China on military activities in near-Earth space. He said this while answering questions from a TASS correspondent at an online briefing for journalists on Wednesday.

The launch of Soyuz-2.1 b with a military satellite took place from the Plesetsk cosmodrome

A Russian military satellite launched on Tuesday on a Soyuz-2.1 b rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome has been included in the Main Catalog of Space Objects of the Russian Space Control System, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

A possible defender of future NASA bases on the moon could be the Pentagon. The agencies are increasing cooperation between civil and military projects against the background of external threats, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources.

Iran has conducted a test launch of a new carrier rocket "Zuljanah" (Zol-Jannah). This is reported by the local news agency Irib News.

[b]The Director General of Roscosmos added that Russia will not participate in any race to the Moon until it understands "the meaning of the prize fund".]

The Russian lunar program is several times cheaper than the American one, but it will bring no less results to science, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin is convinced.

Roscosmos noted that there is no body in the republic with the relevant government powers to implement the provisions of the intergovernmental agreement on outer space.

According to the Deputy Director General of Roscosmos, the placement of the station and its commissioning can be discussed as soon as the intergovernmental agreement with Mexico is signed and ratified.

[b]The expansion of cooperation between the US Department of Defense and NASA is connected with the need to counteract "the challenges that Russia and China are throwing at the United States," the newspaper notes.]

In the future, the US Department of Defense may protect NASA bases on the Moon, as well as the operations of private mining companies on its surface. This was reported on Monday by The Wall Street Journal, citing knowledgeable sources in the government and in the space industry.

They also created a mock-up of an automatic landing system for an unmanned aerial vehicle on an unprepared surface in the conditions of electronic counteraction

The protocol for transmitting data from high-security satellites was developed in the Era Technopolis. This was announced by the head of the Military Innovation Technopolis "ERA" Lieutenant General Vladimir Ivanovsky in an interview with the newspaper "Red Star".

One of the satellites of the Chinese gamma-ray monitor of the whole sky GECAM registered its first gamma-ray burst. It is assumed that it may be associated with a magnetar in our galaxy or be the result of the merger of two compact objects. A circular about the discovery of the burst is published on the website of the Gamma-ray Burst Coordinate Network.

Igor Arbuzov, General Director of NPO Energomash, noted that the volume of work in 2021 is 20-25% higher than in the previous year

NPO Energomash (part of Roscosmos) will deliver the RD-171MV engine to Samara in 2021 for testing as part of the rocket stage. This was announced by the general director of the company Igor Arbuzov.

According to the entrepreneur, the existing rules of the US Federal Aviation Administration can become a serious obstacle to the development of the Red Planet by humans. Recall that the next tests of the prototype of the Starship space system are due to take place soon.

It is assumed that the transport will be able to be used to refuel the sealed modules of the future Lunar Gateway space station and transport cargo in low Earth orbit

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract to develop a transport to deliver cargo from low Earth orbit to the Moon. According to a statement released by Thales on Friday, the contract value will be €4.5 billion.

[b]The previous tests of the engines took place on January 16, when they worked simultaneously for about a minute, although it was expected that this would last about eight minutes.]

Specialists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intend to conduct new fire tests of the Space Launch System (SLS) launch vehicle engines at the end of February, the previous ones were completed ahead of schedule. This is stated in a statement published on Friday on the website of the space agency.

State tests of "Zircons" will be completed in 2021

On Friday, the Ministry of Defense held a Single day of acceptance of military equipment. About what weapons, military and special equipment entered the troops in 2020 and what weapons the army and navy expect in the near future, says "Газета.Ru".

The research and testing complex of NPO Energomash reported that the tests that took place in January were completed in full and passed in the normal mode

The RD-171MV and RD-191 rocket engines for the Soyuz and Angara carriers have successfully passed fire tests. This was reported on Thursday in the press service of the NGO "Energomash".

According to Sergey Savelyev, the company's deputy director for international cooperation, four of them will be held from the Baikonur cosmodrome and three each from Vostochny and Kourou

Roscosmos plans to launch 10 Soyuz-2 and Soyuz-ST launch vehicles this year in the interests of foreign partners. This was reported to TASS by the Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for international Cooperation Sergey Savelyev.

In total, the British company intends to deploy about 600 satellites in low-Earth orbit

Roscosmos plans to carry out eight launches under the OneWeb program from the Baikonur, Vostochny and Kourou cosmodromes. This was reported to TASS by the Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for international Cooperation Sergey Savelyev.