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In the struggle between America and China for space, Australia will become a "pot of gold". And although Beijing is developing its space technologies very quickly, striving to "catch up and overtake" the Americans, the United States also has a strong trump card against it.

Commercial satellites that help Ukraine fight can become "a legitimate target for retaliatory defeat," the Russian Foreign Ministry says. How did it happen that purely civilian vehicles began to be used for military purposes, what would happen if Russia really starts destroying them, and what could be the technological response of the Russian military to this challenge?

The Bremen startup company Polaris Space Flugzeugs reported that on November 8, 2022, the first flight of the Athena space aircraft demonstrator was successfully completed from the Peenemunde airfield. According to the company, "Athena" was developed under a contract signed with the German Armed Forces in March 2022. This is the third large-scale space aircraft demonstrator built and launched by Polaris, and the first aircraft manufactured on behalf of a specific customer.

Mikhail Kotov — how the ESA decision reflected the trend of the times and the modern approach in the space sphere

Last week, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced the names of 17 new astronauts. This time, the Europeans provided gender diversity almost on an equal footing: a little more than half were men, a little less were women. At the same time, for the first time in history, a person with disabilities, Paralympian John McFall, is included in the list of potential professional visitors to space from Earth.

The Pentagon may start supplying Ukraine with cheap and non-burdening US military arsenals in the spring. We are talking about aerial bombs that can be launched from the ground using rocket engines from the same HIMARS installations. Their range is 150 kilometers. What do these Pentagon statements mean and how dangerous are the bombs promised to Kiev?

Reuters: Boeing has offered to supply Kiev with ammunition for strikes against Russia

Boeing has offered the United States to supply Ukraine with high-precision ammunition for GLSDB ground-based missile systems, which will allow Kiev to strike "far behind Russia's lines," Reuters writes.

The center is located on the territory of the star city in the city of Wenchang (northeast of the island), not far from the cosmodrome of the same name - the southernmost site of the PRC for sending spacecraft into orbit

The South Chinese province of Hainan this week launched a center for the study and use of satellite data, which will serve the needs of the BRICS countries. This was reported by the newspaper " Hainan Zhibao ".

The head of the agency, Josef Aschbacher, called it a "great success"

The Council of Ministers of the European Space Agency (ESA) has agreed to allocate €16.9 billion for the development of the European space program in the next three years. This was announced on Wednesday at a press conference in Paris by the head of ESA, Josef Aschbacher.

Former NATO Secretary General Rasmussen: the Ukrainian conflict reminded of the importance of security in space

The Ukrainian conflict is the first major clash in which the parties largely depend on the means deployed in orbit, writes former NATO Secretary General Rasmussen in an article for FT. He calls for the development of rules for managing human actions in space.

The Wenchang International Aerospace Forum was organized in parallel

The authorities of Hainan province held a Chinese cosmonautics conference this week, which was attended by leading experts from China. This was reported by the newspaper "Hainan Zhibao".

The Hungarian government plans to conclude an agreement with the American company Axiom Space, which provides for sending its astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS). The fact that Budapest actually refused to fly into space as part of Europe, SpaceNews reports.

Russia has sent the first Internet satellite "Skif-D" into orbit as part of the federal project "Sphere". This event can be considered an important achievement in the practical use of outer space.

The former head of Roscosmos, Rogozin, stated the need to "return" Kiev to Russia

The former head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, said that Russia "needs to return" Kiev. He also told what types of weapons are being tested in the zone of the military special operation, and specified the delivery dates of new weapons to the Russian army.

Mikhail Kotov — about spaceplane projects in the USA, China and the USSR, as well as what functions such devices can perform

For the sixth time, one of the most classified spacecraft, the American Boeing X—37B spaceplane, has been in space and returned to Earth. His first flight lasted a little more than 200 days, but all the others were much longer — from 400 to 900 days in orbit. At the same time, there is very little specific information about what he was doing there in the public domain.

The Chancellor of the Treasury of the United Kingdom, Jeremy Hunt, in an interview with parliamentarians, admitted that an increase in defense spending is extremely necessary, but at the moment there is active work on revising the concept of national security of the country, presented by the former head of the British government Boris Johnson in 2021. In this regard, the bill has not yet been submitted to the British Parliament for final approval.

Losing hegemony on Earth, the United States is making plans to gain leadership in near-Earth outer space, primarily in lunar orbit and on the satellite itself.

Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Karakayev reported on the successful tests of the Sarmat complex

The Sarmat complex, an intercontinental ballistic missile that can carry a nuclear charge of 8 megatons for 18 thousand kilometers, has successfully passed flight tests. This means that he is actually ready to be sent to the troops and combat duty. "Newspaper.Ru" recalls the panic caused by the Western media against the background of the launches of the latest Russian missile.

Director General of Roscosmos Yuri Borisov said that 50% of the market is in the United States

The largest sector of the world economy is the space industry, which has a turnover of about $ 469 billion. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the Director General of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov.

In the first big interview with TASS, the Director General of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, told about how long it will take, at what stage the project of the national orbital station is and why cooperation with NASA continues, despite the geopolitical situation.

The first launch of the SR Space spacecraft is planned in 2024

The private Russian company SR Space (formerly Success Rockets) presented a mock-up of a spacecraft for broadband Internet access at the Aeronet-2035 exhibition in Moscow as part of its project to create a multi-satellite system similar to Starlink. This was reported on Thursday by the correspondent of TASS.