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Prigozhin denied the purchase of satellite images from China for the Wagner PMCs

The founder of the Wagner PMCs, businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that his private military company has almost two dozen radar and optical satellites at its disposal, so there is no need to buy satellite images. So he commented on the recent statement by US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Kritenbrink that the Chinese company Spacety Co provided satellite images to the Wagner PMCs.

Sticky and abrasive lunar dust breaks the tightness of spacesuits, causes short circuits in technology, penetrates into people's lungs. To remove it, you can use the same effect, thanks to which water droplets scatter over the surface of a hot frying pan.

The press service of the Wagner PMCs published in its telegram channel the response of the founder of a private military company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, to a request about the use of satellite images allegedly provided by a Chinese company by Wagnerians during operations in the SVO zone.

China is starting to create a giant satellite constellation – it is planned that it will consist of thousands of spacecraft. The purpose is declared quite peaceful – broadband Internet and communication for the whole world. However, there is no doubt that the devices will also have a military purpose. These devices may be able to help Russia as well.

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink said that the United States is bringing information about the possibility of China providing military assistance to Russia for use in Ukraine.

Perhaps one of the most closed American organizations among those related to space exploration, for the first time shared with the public details about its activities, plans and work features.

According to Elena Karpovich, a junior researcher at the Moscow Aviation Institute, she said that work on the marsolet began in April 2022

A team of scientists from the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), together with Indian specialists, is developing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a fixed wing to study the atmosphere and surface of Mars. Tests of the technology demonstrator should be completed by the end of 2024, Elena Karpovich, a junior researcher at the MAI, who deals with the general and aerodynamic design of UAVs within the framework of the project, told TASS.

The joint venture United Launch Alliance (ULA), owned by the military-industrial companies Boeing and Lockheed Martin, announced the first launch of the American heavy-lift carrier rocket Vulcan Centaur this spring. The flight is scheduled for May 4.

The monstrous earthquake in Turkey could have been caused by a new type of weapon that is launched from orbit and "penetrates up to 5 km deep into the earth... a force that comes from outer space, and you don't have a chance to see it or defend yourself." This is a literal quote from the speech of not just anyone, but the head of the Turkish space agency. Is it really true?

SA: after the Chelyabinsk meteorite, threat detection technologies from space have become more advanced

The fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite became a loud signal for humanity about the danger coming from outer space, writes Scientific American. Over the past ten years, methods for detecting asteroids have become more advanced, and ways to change their trajectory have appeared.

The last time Russian cosmonautics reached the lunar surface was almost half a century ago. The mission, the main goal of which is an attempt to repeat the achievement at the modern level, has been worked out for almost 25 years. During this time, Luna-25 has changed the cosmodrome, two carriers and 13 launch dates. Finally, Roscosmos announced a new launch date for this promising automatic interplanetary station, which will almost certainly be able to withstand.

Military expert Khodarenok named Russian complexes that can shoot down bombs JDAM-ER

The Pentagon said it would transfer "high-precision aviation ammunition" to Kiev as part of a $1.85 billion package announced on December 21. Bloomberg sources report that we are talking about high-precision JDAM-ER bombs that can hit targets up to 80 km. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out how the use of such ammunition would complicate the fulfillment of its tasks and how the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation could neutralize the effect of using JDAM-ER.

The American startup Axiom Space, specializing in space technologies and space tourism, is successfully advancing in the creation of the first private space station Axiom Station. According to the company, in the future it claims to become, no less, the "successor of the ISS".

The confrontation between Moscow and NATO may spread into space very soon. The Americans are already testing satellites capable of destroying Russian military and civilian spacecraft. How dangerous is this threat to the Russian orbital group and does Russia have an answer to it?

The International Space Station is not eternal, and its replacement is prepared in advance by all project participants. However, each in his own way. Russia, for example, will build its own orbital laboratory. While NASA is going to give the tasks of developing, launching and operating the next generation of habitable space stations to commercial contractors. Recently, the agency published a description of how cooperation with such "private ISS" is planned and what is required from their creators to receive support.

Crew Dragon's main competitor in the field of manned space flights is systematically unlucky. The CST-100 Starliner project is developing much slower than SpaceX's brainchild. The next test flight, this time manned, is scheduled for April 2023. Representatives of NASA and Boeing reported on the degree of readiness of the ship for the most important test before the start of full operation.

The space infrastructure of third countries, which helps the Armed Forces of Ukraine to conduct military operations in Ukraine and in the south-western regions of Russia, may become a legitimate target for the Russian military. It risks being hit back by our weapons of destruction.

As in the 80s, the United States and its allies are taking active steps to implement doctrinal guidelines for the deployment of weapons in space and the use of outer space for warfare, the ministry noted.

Blue Origin has created two new departments within the framework of the Blue Alchemist project, one of which is engaged in the project of the orbital station, and the second is devoted to economic activities on the Moon. NASA has already received a commercial offer from them for the use of some technologies for processing lunar regolith in the Artemis mission. It is reported that operating solar panels, electrical wiring and protective materials for lunar structures have already been successfully created from an exact imitation of regolith.

Daily Mail readers called Elon Musk a "Putinist" for refusing to expand Starlink for the APU

Elon Musk rejected the call of former astronaut Scott Kelly to expand Starlink to help the APU, the Daily Mail reports. Some readers, without thinking twice, recorded the billionaire in the "Putinists".