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How the Americans created anti-satellite weapon strike systems

Speaking in April 2022 at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris announced that Washington was declaring a moratorium on testing anti-satellite weapons. At the same time, she added that in this way the White House administration intends to form some new rules and establish some new norms of work in space.

Russia must eliminate the backlog in a number of areas

The conduct of a special military operation has given a powerful accelerating impetus to the reformatting of the world order and the entire system of international relations. A total hybrid war has been declared against us, covering all spheres of the country's life. The bitterness of our enemies and their determination to erase Russia from the political map of the world has exceeded all limits.

How it can be used in the aviation and space industry

Materials scientists have proposed a way to improve the mechanical properties of an alloy consisting of aluminum, niobium, titanium and vanadium through simple processing.

They are capable of working in outer space for a long time

American physicists used molybdenum selenide, a promising two-dimensional material, to create durable, lightweight and highly efficient solar cells capable of operating in outer space for a long time. The results of the first experiments with these power supplies were disclosed in an article in the scientific journal Device.

An international group of researchers proposed using photoelectrochemical cells to provide extraterrestrial colonies of humanity with oxygen and fuel.

Small aircraft is an important industry segment that is of particular relevance in the Russian Federation. Modern conditions dictate new challenges and requirements for the aircraft of local air lines. The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky (TsAGI, part of the Research Center "Institute named after N.E. Zhukovsky") is also involved in the research aimed at creating the latest domestic developments in this field.

Mikhail Kotov — about the latest changes in the manned lunar programs of the USA and China

It seems that quite recently, China and the United States alternately announced plans for manned missions landing on the surface of the Moon. However, almost five years have passed since the start of the lunar race.

Before the shelling of the Belgorod region, a swarm of Starlink satellites was spotted in the sky. This was reported by the Telegram channel Mash.

The beds of the subjects on the side of the headboard will be tilted six degrees down, and the legs will be raised up. In such a reclining position, you will have to wash, eat, and go to the toilet.

An attempt to launch the first North Korean reconnaissance satellite "Manrigen No. 1" (Malligyong-1) in the DPRK on May 31, 2023 with the help of a new space launch vehicle "Chollima-1" (Chollima-1) ended in failure. After the launch from the Sohae cosmodrome, the Chollima-1 launch vehicle had an abnormal operation of the second stage after the separation of the first stage, and the rocket fell into the Yellow Sea 200 km off the west coast of South Korea. On this occasion, an air alert was announced in Seoul. Part of the fragments of the missile was discovered and fished out by the South Korean side.

A new historical achievement has been realized by Russia in outer space. A group of specialized Electro-L satellites has been deployed in full operational mode for the first time. What do these devices do, what are their main advantages and why is their work ultimately important for every resident of our country?

The Minister of Education of the Middle Eastern country Ahmed Belhul al-Falasi stressed that the launch of the Emirati space program "would not have happened without close cooperation with Russia"

Russia became one of the first countries that helped the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to implement its own space program. This was announced on Wednesday by the Minister of Education of the Middle Eastern country Ahmed Belhul al-Falasi, speaking at the opening of the III Conference of Rectors of Russian and Arab Universities in the Emirati city of Sharjah.

The unsuccessful mission of the Japanese startup ispace inc (9348.T) the Hakuto-R moon landing last month was caused by a miscalculation of altitude, due to which the spacecraft ran out of fuel, the company said on Friday.

Colonel Khodarenok told how to protect Moscow from drone strikes

On Tuesday morning, the capital of Russia was attacked by unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. By means of electronic warfare and anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes "Pantsir-S" UAVs were suppressed or destroyed. The details of the strike and possible measures to combat drones were dealt with by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The famous American entrepreneur Elon Musk continues to demonstrate complete independence and a kind of insubordination to the domestic and foreign policy of the White House promoted by the current US president and his administration.

After today's drone attack on Moscow, the signals of the Navstar GPS satellite navigation (Global Positioning System), which enemy UAVs used to target, began to be jammed in the capital. This global positioning system has been developed, implemented and operated by the US Department of Defense, but is also available for civilian use around the world.

Moscow. May 30. INTERFAX.EN - Oleg Mansurov, CEO of the private space company SR Space (formerly Success Rockets), told Interfax correspondent Artem Rukavov about new projects, the creation of his own liquid rocket engines and reusable rockets.

Brigadier General Morehouse: The US is ready to fight Russia and China in space "today"

The US is ready to fight Russia and China in space "as early as tonight," writes The Guardian. Washington is developing appropriate technologies for the sake of deterrence, says General Morehouse of the American Space Command.

Russia has put into orbit a spacecraft carrying breakthrough technologies for our country on board. Its tasks are primarily exclusively peaceful – concerning, for example, the functioning of the Northern Sea Route. However, they are not limited to this. Why is this device so important for Russian cosmonautics, including for our military?

According to the State Corporation Roscosmos, on May 27, 2023 at 00:14:51 Moscow time, a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage was launched from the 1C site of the Vostochny Cosmodrome, which launched the Condor-FKA No. 1 radar remote sensing satellite into orbit. The launch vehicle worked in normal mode, the upper stage separated from the third stage of the rocket and brought the spacecraft into a predetermined orbit.