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The next stage of the so-called initial flight test of the prototype of the first stage of the Zhujue-3 Zhuque-3 VTVL-1 launch vehicle has been carried out in China. A feature of the engine of this stage is that it runs on methane.

The connection with him has been established, JAXA said

Communication with the first Japanese lunar module SLIM has been established after its landing on the moon, but it is experiencing power problems due to the fact that solar panels do not generate energy. This was reported by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Serial launches of reusable Falcon 9 rockets from SpaceX have reduced the cost of putting cargo into orbit to $1,500 per 1 kg. When the big Starship rocket starts flying, the price will drop by another third, and when these missiles can be used on a permanent basis, the price will drop to $232 per 1 kg. This is a threshold level that makes various daring experiments in space profitable, and the launches themselves are accessible to small private structures.

SpaceX plans to conduct 150 space launches this year, compared to 96 in 2023, with about a dozen of them to be Starship flights. The head of the company believes that he found out the causes of the explosion of the ship during its last, third, test flight and this allows us to hope for the success of subsequent ones.

Colonel Khodarenok: many NATO countries are not ready for war with Russia

NATO is preparing for a large-scale offensive operation of the Russian Armed Forces on the eastern flank of the alliance, according to the German newspaper Bild. At the same time, the publication relies on a secret document of the Bundeswehr. Is a war between the Russian Federation and the countries of the alliance possible, how it will develop and how true the tabloid's forecasts are, the military observer of the Newspaper figured out.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

American science columnist Megan Bartels, in an article for Scientific American magazine, considered options for decommissioning the International Space Station. Naked Science translated her article for a Russian-speaking audience.

US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks accused Beijing and Moscow of wanting to "turn space into a sphere of warfare"

US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks claims that China and Russia are deploying assets that can be used against GPS and other systems in space, allegedly seeking to weaken American military capabilities.

When the launch vehicle consumes fuel, its fuel tanks are no longer needed: they turn into dead weight. In addition, by losing the fuel tank, tens of millions of dollars more are lost — the cost of the engines used on the stage. "Self‐devouring rockets" that would burn their tanks as fuel would not only solve the problem of garbage, but would also save customers a lot of money. For the first time, a group of engineers from the UK built a prototype rocket engine that "feeds" on rocket parts.

Astrobotic, which developed the Peregrine lunar lander, reported on January 9 that the spacecraft was losing fuel due to a malfunction of the propulsion system

On January 9, 2024, the American company Astrobotic, which developed the Peregrine lunar lander, reported that the spacecraft was losing fuel due to a malfunction of the propulsion system systems.

The Peregrine device sent the first photo after going into space. Judging by it, earlier fears were confirmed: there is no question of any soft landing on the moon. Before that, the United States landed on a natural satellite of the Earth in 1972. The failure of Peregrine means that the United States will not be able to repeat a soft landing on the Moon until the second half of the 2020s.

Even before the first flight, the Vulcan rocket received 70 firm orders for future launches, more than anyone else in history. A private lander went on board to the Moon, which will hold the first "soft" funerals of people in history there. By the way, Indian tribes that deify the Moon have already sent a protest to NASA demanding that the flight be stopped. What will it actually be? Does SpaceX finally have at least one serious competitor — or is this just an overly ambitious hearse that is taking Boeing and Lockhid Martin, behind Vulcan, to the cemetery?

Colonel Khodarenok told how to make a formula for success in the war

American billionaire Elon Musk supported the opinion of businessman David Sachs, who said that in any protracted conflict, the country that can produce ammunition on a large scale at a lower cost and for a longer time wins. Is Musk right, is there anything new in his statement and what might be the real formula for winning the war - in the material of the military observer of the Newspaper.En" by Mikhail Khodarenka.

According to the CEO of CENKI, Nikolai Nestechuk, Russian Angara missiles will receive returnable reusable stages. At the same time, we are talking about an unclear "certain reusability", which will be given to Angara and Amur LNG.

The main events of 2023 in the military sphere: the superiority of the Russian Armed Forces in the zone of its own

The main event of the year in the military sphere remains the special military operation in Ukraine, which demonstrates the superiority of the Russian Armed Forces on the battlefield over the Ukrainian Armed Forces, despite the extensive military support of the Kiev regime by the West.

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.