Latest news on "Space"

The idea of delivering tourists to the borders of space by balloon still remains unfulfilled. Three years ago, the Florida-based company Space Perspective announced its intention to set up six-hour flights of groups of eight passengers (plus a pilot) in this way to a height of 30.5 km, from where a completely different panorama of the Earth and space opens. This month, the company confirmed the seriousness of its intentions and presented a test version of the space capsule.

Hürriyet: Energy wars will start in space if energy sources are found

Countries that are at war with each other on earth are finding agreement on the ISS, writes columnist Chekirge in Hürriyet. But, according to the author, the agreement will not last long: as soon as useful minerals or energy sources are found in space, energy wars will begin.

Engineers of the Russian space developer Bureau 1440, which is part of the X Holding, are going to start providing broadband satellite Internet access services in 2027.

Alexander Lopatin, Deputy Director General of the state Corporation for Launch Facilities, operation of ground-based space infrastructure, quality and reliability assurance, in an exclusive interview with TASS, told what is the secret of trouble-free operation of Russian launch vehicles, how many remarks are eliminated during the preparation of the rocket for launch without the need to postpone the launch and how the modernization of verification measures is taking place.

Colonel Khodarenok: the main events of the Russian operation in Ukraine are still ahead

Russia plans to conduct military operations in Ukraine until 2026 and take the cities of Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Dnipro. This was written by the Bild publication. How reliable is the publication in a German newspaper, for how long military campaigns are planned and what to expect from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the near future - in the material of the military observer "Gazeta.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

Domestic satellites help to develop meteorological sovereignty and the Arctic

Russia has completed the creation of a specialized satellite constellation designed to receive meteorological information from the Arctic regions. Putting the second Arktika-M satellite into orbit is important not only for the accuracy of weather forecasts, but also for the functioning of the most important transport artery – the Northern Sea Route.

The probability of postponing the Martian Moons eXploration mission, which is supposed to deliver regolith from the Mars satellite to Earth, is growing every day. A final decision has not yet been made, but the readiness of the new Japanese H3 rocket for the nearest launch window to the Red Planet is questionable. The Land of the Rising Sun has no other suitable carriers.

The Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur Region is actively involved in the implementation of the Russian space program. Work is underway to create an infrastructure to ensure manned launches. It is from this cosmodrome that the future Russian Orbital Station (ROS) is planned to be launched into orbit. In 2024, construction of a branch of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC) will begin there. Maxim Kharlamov, head of the CPC, in an interview with TASS, spoke about the equipment of the branch and the timing of completion of work.

Igor Ivanov — about the space confrontation between the two states of the Korean Peninsula and its orbit with reconnaissance satellites

A few weeks ago, another round of political, military and technological competition between the two states of the Korean Peninsula started. On November 21, after two unsuccessful attempts in May and August, the DPRK managed to launch its first Mulligan-1 reconnaissance satellite on a Chollima-1 launch vehicle from its own cosmodrome.

The conducted analysis of the military-political and operational situation showed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively preparing to attack.

The OSIRIS-REx mission was accompanied by success throughout its entire course — the device reached the target asteroid without serious problems, conducted a scientific program, made a regolith fence and returned safely to Earth.

China and Egypt have signed several documents at once, consolidating the cooperation of both States in the exploration of outer space. One of the most important is the agreement on participation in the international lunar station project. The Celestial Empire is trying to attract as many partners as possible to this initiative, forming a kind of counterweight to the American "Artemis Agreements".

The USA wants to return to the moon, Russia remembers the legendary space drone

The American company SpaceX launched the second prototype of the reusable Starship transport system from the Boca Chica site in Texas.

After that, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter visited aerospace facilities

Since December 2, the General State Administration for Aerospace Engineering of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been exercising full control over the recently launched Mulligan-1 reconnaissance satellite.

For the first time in Russia, a team of scientists from MISIS University, the Russian Quantum Center (RCC) and the company KuSpace Technologies conducted a joint experiment on the transmission of messages protected by quantum cryptography between Russia and China, the university's press service reported.

Satellite images show the trace of a rocket engine test and an impressive debris field. The company most likely using this testbed and its parent state corporation have not shared any information about the incident.

The existing US reconnaissance satellite constellation allows us to record ballistic missile launches around the world. But its resolution is only enough to track the active sections of the trajectory — while the accelerator engines are running. If the missile has a maneuvering or hypersonic warhead, it is still difficult to determine exactly where the warheads are flying. The new satellites that the Pentagon recently ordered will fix this flaw.

Satellites of the Starlink system, owned by American businessman, founder of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk, may become a legitimate military target of Russia. According to experts of the British newspaper The Telegraph, they face destruction due to assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

The second attempt to launch the Starship spacecraft into space was again unsuccessful, but SpaceX representatives interpret this launch as a significant achievement. They are right in their own way - the thorny path of space exploration consists entirely of mistakes and the search for ways to correct them. For example, this time the launch pad remained intact, whereas at the last launch, a heavy-duty torch from 33 Raptor engines made a huge hole in the concrete and scattered debris for many kilometers.

North Korea still managed to put a reconnaissance satellite into orbit on the third attempt. The launch of the rocket, carried out on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, turned out to be successful. This is reported by the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) with reference to the statement of the DPRK State General Directorate for Aerospace Technology.