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Mikhail Kotov — about what went from Baikonur together with the Khayyam satellite

The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage launched on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It launched the Khayyam satellite, built in Russia by order of Iran, and 16 small spacecraft into the orbit of our planet. The latter are micro- and nanosatellites created by leading universities, commercial companies and non-profit organizations.

The satellites will be used to obtain data on the Earth's surface and observe the atmosphere of our planet

China successfully launched 10 Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D remote sensing satellites and six Yunyao spacecraft into orbit on Wednesday. This was announced by the Chinese Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

Initially looking promising, the Antares launch vehicle has become quite problematic in recent years. Its creation required the cooperation of the United States, Ukraine and Russia, which is practically impossible in the light of the current geopolitical situation. The solution to the problem will be the transition from Russian engines to those created in America. And the key role in it will be played partly by the Ukrainian company Firefly Aerospace.

When a country decides to test anti-satellite missiles and shoots down its old spacecraft in orbit, the world community immediately condemns it. They say that you increase the amount of space debris for nothing and create a danger for the peaceful use of near-Earth space! Such public statements once again fuel the fear of the notorious Kessler syndrome.

According to the Head of the Department of Space Sciences of the D. V. Skobeltsyn Research Institute of Nuclear Physics (NIIYAF) The Moscow State University of Vladimir Kalegaev, the violation of scientific ties will lead to a slowdown in world development, from which everyone will suffer.

It is expected that the new Antares 330 rocket will be completely American

The American corporation Northrop Grumman has signed an agreement with the American company Firefly Aerospace with the aim of upgrading the first stage of the Antares rocket and replacing Russian engines with American ones on it. This is stated in a message published on Monday by Northrop Grumman.

When using this method, scientists propose using pyrotechnic devices to divide the design of the device into component elements connected by flexible cables.

In August, the official entry into the Russian Book of Records named after 21-year-old Alice Kukvinova will take place. The youngest crew commander of a twin-engine helicopter in Russia works in the National Air Ambulance Service (NSSA) of Rostec State Corporation. To date, she has spent a total of 550 hours at the helm.

According to Andrei Belousov, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Russia is trying to restart a multilateral dialogue on priority topics.

Captain of the 1st rank Vasily Dandykin predicted "great losses" to China in the event of a war with Taiwan

The visit of US Congressman Nancy Pelosi to Taipei provoked an aggravation of relations between China and Taiwan. Beijing lifted planes into the sky, sent ships to the island. The probability of an armed conflict between China and Taiwan is now high. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what a war between China and Taiwan might look like.

NATO relies on artificial intelligence

At the meeting of the heads of State and Government of NATO countries in Madrid on June 29, 2022, a new strategic concept (SC-22) was approved, which sets out the priorities, tasks and approaches of the bloc for the next decade.

Russia is preparing an offensive on the small homeland of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky – Krivoy Rog. This was stated not only by the adviser to the presidential office Alexey Arestovich, but also by more serious sources – the command "South" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog. Is it likely that 30 Russian battalion tactical groups will actually move north from Kherson in the near future?

Specialists of the Russian Space Systems Holding (RKS, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) we have started creating multi-zone scanning devices (MSUs) for a new generation of Russian spacecraft of the Meteor series.

The Sentinel-1B radar satellite, data from which has ceased to arrive since the end of 2021, has been officially declared inoperable. According to a statement released by the European Space Agency (ESA), there will be no more attempts to return this spacecraft to work.

Every year on August 2, Russia celebrates the Day of Airborne Troops (Airborne Troops). We are talking about parachutes that are already being operated by Russian paratroopers or are one step away from being adopted.

When the army becomes the reason for the existence of the country

The history of the DPRK is very peculiar. This explains to a large extent the uniqueness of the country in its current form.

Such accusations "do not take into account the facts at all," the department noted

The Chinese Foreign Ministry considers unprofessional criticism of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regarding the launch of launch vehicles of the PRC into orbit, since such accusations "do not take into account the facts at all." This was stated on Monday by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian.

Cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko described the pros and cons of launching the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS). According to him, the main advantage of independent work in space is that it will be possible to cover the entire territory of the country in terms of observation.

Borisov said that the exit from the ISS project could take up to two years

The main modules of the International Space Station (ISS) have exceeded their life several times. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Yuri Borisov on Friday.

On August 2, the Electron rocket will launch from New Zealand into orbit with a secret mini-satellite of the US National Directorate of Military Space Intelligence NROL-199, the Rocket Lab carrier development company said.