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Many Western commercial satellites conducting reconnaissance in favor of Ukraine were previously put into orbit by Russian launch vehicles
The statement by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Konstantin Vorontsov at the UN that Russia reserves the right to consider US commercial satellites used for military purposes to help Ukraine as a "legitimate target for retaliatory strike" caused an ambiguous reaction among Russian users of social networks.
Retaliatory nuclear attack: what is known about the Russian exercises led by Putin
Shoigu: Putin is leading the training for a retaliatory nuclear strike
On October 26, nuclear weapons tests were conducted under the leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, a response to a possible nuclear strike on Russia was being worked out. The military checked to what extent the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sineva ballistic missile and the air-launched missiles launched from the Tu-95MS conform to their characteristics. The US was warned about the exercises.
Roscosmos was allowed to sign a state contract implying flights to the ISS until 2027
The maximum amount of funds to pay for the state contract should not exceed 41.7 billion rubles
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order that allows Roscosmos to conclude a contract in 2023 for the performance of experimental design work (R&D), the result of which will be, among other things, the sending of astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023-2027. The relevant document was published on Wednesday on the legal information portal.
Russia has called for the creation of a treaty on the prevention of an arms race in outer space
The corresponding initiative in the UN was supported by Belarus, Venezuela, China, North Korea, Nicaragua and Syria
Russia, Belarus, Venezuela, China, the DPRK, Nicaragua and Syria advocate the development of a legally binding document on the prevention of an arms race in outer space. The joint statement of the countries was read on Tuesday by Konstantin Vorontsov, Deputy Director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry, at a meeting of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly.
Rocks delivered by Chang'e-5 from the moon revealed the nature of late lunar volcanism
The presence of these rocks in the Moon's mantle explains how its bowels showed volcanic activity 2 billion years ago, the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported
Chinese planetary scientists have found traces of fusible mantle rocks in soil samples delivered to Earth by the Chang'e-5 mission, which contributed to the preservation of a high level of volcanic activity on the Moon for at least 2.5 billion years of its existence. This was announced on Friday by the press service of the headquarters of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KAN).
Hydrogen bomb against Starlink: China has developed a radical way to deal with annoying satellites
Chinese military scientists have published a technique that allows massively disabling satellites over a given territory using a hydrogen bomb. Moreover, this method differs from the previously proposed or even tested methods of anti-satellite warfare with nuclear weapons in the selectivity of the striking action. According to the statements of its developers, a specially organized detonation of the charge should affect only vehicles on specific orbital planes.
American scientists have found vulnerabilities in the Starlink satellite communication system that threaten its safe operation
The Starlink satellite communication system, kindly provided to Ukraine for free use by the owner of SpaceX, Elon Musk, is in fact the only communication channel for providing communications for the APU both locally and over long distances. Musk recently announced that he was no longer ready to finance the work of receiving and transmitting stations, much less supply new ones, at his own expense, but quickly changed his mind under the outright pressure of the US authorities.
In Kiev, they said that they are in contact with Musk directly on the issue of Starlink
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said that the financing of the Starlink satellite communications, which caused a conflict between Kiev and the entrepreneur, can be carried out from three sources
The Ukrainian authorities are in direct contact with entrepreneur Elon Musk on the issue of SpaceX's Starlink satellite communications, and are trying to resolve the contradictions.
NATO will get a military spaceport right in the center of Europe
A very significant military space agreement was signed by one of the leading private space companies with Luxembourg. It is planned to create a so-called mobile cosmodrome in this country, and it will be used for the urgent launch of military satellites in the interests of NATO. The very method of launching satellites is no less exotic.
The discrediting relationship of Elon Musk
The richest businessman in the world is burdened by relations with Ukraine
The richest man on the planet, American entrepreneur Elon Musk, put forward the plan "Peace of Ukraine and Russia" (Ukraine – Russia Peace). An important detail: the SpaceX company controlled by him has been providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) for almost eight months secure space communication services, independently paying for the lion's share of them.
The United States recognized the lack of an alternative to Starlink for Ukraine
The Starlink satellite Internet system, whose services are provided by the American company SpaceX, headed by engineer and businessman Elon Musk, has practically no alternatives in Ukraine. Experts interviewed by the American edition of Breaking Defense admitted this.
Samara University has received a patent for a small-sized space platform "AIST-3"
The patented small-sized space platform "AIST-3" is a complex of onboard systems and equipment
The Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks has granted a patent to the Samara National Research University named after Academician S. P. Korolev for a utility model of the universal small-sized space platform "AIST-3".
Starlink satellite Internet launched in airplanes
SpaceX has launched a satellite Internet service in airplanes. This is reported on the Starlink website. The description of the service states that Starlink Aviation will provide on-board speeds of up to 350 megabits per second with low latency.
Musk said that SpaceX has more satellites than the rest of the Earth
It is planned to double their number in the near future, the businessman noted
The founder of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, claims that his corporation has more satellites than the rest of the Earth.
Polish satellites indicate Russian targets to Ukrainians
Onet: in cloudy weather, Ukrainians watch Russians from satellites with Polish radars
Optical satellites are unsuitable for observing the enemy when the sky is covered with clouds, writes Onet. In Poland, this problem was solved and a mini-satellite with radar was sold to Ukraine. It was used in the attack on the Saki airport in Crimea and in the attack on the Crimean Bridge, the author of the article claims.
The creator of the robot "Fedor" presented two versions of the lunar robot
These are anthropomorphic and torso robots
The scientific and Production Association "Android Technology" (the developer of the robot "Fedor") proposed to use a fully anthropomorphic robot or torso on the Moon. This proposal was made by the executive director of the organization Evgeny Dudorov.
A new Russian missile has horrified the West
Sohu: the "queen" of Russian missiles will deliver a crushing blow anywhere in the world
The West did not have time to recover from the appearance of "Satan", as a new rocket replaced him, writes the user Sohu. It is capable of flying through the entire North Pole and reaching anywhere on the planet. The world's most powerful ICBM will protect Russia from external threats.
The military satellite Kosmos-2560 was launched using the Angara-1.2 launch vehicle
According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on October 15, 2022 at 22:55 Moscow time from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk region, the combat crew of the space forces of the Aerospace Forces of Russia successfully launched a light-class carrier rocket "Angara-1.2" with a spacecraft in the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
UEC gathered the best students of the "Wings of Rostec" program
The United Engine Corporation of Rostec gathered more than 100 of the best UEC target students of the second and third courses of the Wings of Rostec program, studying at the leading technical universities of the country, at the Samara enterprise UEC-Kuznetsov.
How are the operators of combat drones being trained in Russia
The domestic military-industrial complex will establish a large-scale production of various types of UAVs, the Russian Security Council said. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense declares the special importance of mass training of operators of combat drones. Where and how can you master this profession, what are the requirements for its owners and why are UAV operators so important for the army?
