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According to Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation Yuri Bubeev, it has been established that altered states of consciousness can affect the metabolic rate

Russian scientists investigating ways to temporarily immerse the crew of a spacecraft in a state of artificial hibernation for long-term flights into deep space have found that altered states of consciousness can affect the metabolic rate.

Ukrainian officials confirm the problems that have arisen with the use of the Starlink satellite communication system from Elon Musk's company.

Russia has started deploying a satellite constellation under the Sphere program. The Skif-D spacecraft was launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on September 22 to protect the orbital frequency resource of the Russian Federation. The satellite was created in JSC "Information Satellite Systems im. Academician M.F. Reshetnev" (part of Roscosmos). The systems and payload of the Skif-D spacecraft have already been tested.

It is a radar station with an active phased array antenna

The Chinese Electronic Technology Group for the first time presented its 10-meter SLC-18 space radar at the International Airshow China in Zhuhai in the south of the country. As the Global Times newspaper reported on Friday, this development attracted a lot of attention from visitors.

The emergence of many commercial players in the global space industry has brought not only the long-awaited progress of the industry, but also problems. For example, it turned out that it is more difficult to explain why the deadlines for the implementation of plans are delayed for many private investors than for several state customers. And the enthusiasm of the founder of a space company always works as a "signal" for the stock market and risks looking like fraud if optimistic forecasts are destroyed by the harsh reality of engineering problems.

The unmanned US orbital plane completed its sixth mission and landed early Saturday morning. He spent a record 908 days in space, all the while providing himself with energy thanks to solar panels.

The Russian forces in Kherson moved to the left bank, which turned the Dnieper River into a line of contact. Anticipating this, the United States announced the delivery of 40 river armored boats to Ukraine. How exactly can the APU use this type of equipment and how could Russia respond to this?

General Yesin reported that Sarmat missiles have already been produced "in due quantity"

Russia plans to carry out the second test launch of the newest heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Sarmat" by the end of 2022.

Specialists of Russian Space Systems have completed the development of a promising series of chips for the space field — these are quadrature modulators that format signals prepared by satellites into various types of modulation.

The head of Roscosmos stated that in 2022 a mechanism for implementing the agreement on the creation of a common orbital grouping of Earth remote sensing spacecraft was created

The implementation of the agreement on the creation of a common orbital grouping of remote sensing spacecraft of the BRICS countries will ensure their sustainable socio-economic development. This was stated by the head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, at a meeting of the heads of the space departments of the countries of the association, as quoted by the press service of the state corporation.

Mikhail Kotov — about China's experience in creating a national orbital station and Russia's plans for the ROS

China has completed the assembly of its Tiangong space station in Earth orbit. Launched last week, the experimental module "Mengtian" successfully docked with the side port of the main module "Tianhe". The astronauts on the station, after all the checks, opened the hatch of the new module and went inside.

Russian Andrey Fedyaev will soon go to the International Space Station together with an international crew. The date of delivery to the ISS of the Russian cosmonaut, which will be carried out on the American Crew Dragon manned spacecraft, has already been announced.

The press service of Perm National Research Polytechnic University reported that the new method allows to reduce the power consumption of the equipment, and to provide a high level of fault tolerance.

Scientific American: scientists have found out that life on Mars could destroy itself

Life on Mars, if it was there after all, may have destroyed itself, writes Scientific American. And even if microorganisms can make the planet uninhabitable, intelligent beings will cope with this task faster, scientists warn.

The new package of US military assistance to Ukraine includes tanks, armored boats and attack drones

The Pentagon and the Dutch Defense Ministry announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine - for $ 400 million and € 120 million. It will include 250 M1117 armored personnel carriers, 40 armored boats, more than a thousand Phoenix Ghost drones, as well as 90 T-72 tanks. Some of the weapons will arrive in Ukraine by the end of December, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said. What weapons will be received by the armed forces of Ukraine - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru".

Washington, amid the actions of Elon Musk, sends SATCOM satellite antennas to Kiev

The United States has announced that it will send SATCOM satellite communication antennas to Ukraine, which can work without Elon Musk's Starlink network. Now, with the help of the Pentagon and thanks to the owner of SpaceX, the APU will have an even more stable communication system. Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok - about US plans and whether supplies will help Kiev.

The experimental module "Mengtian" successfully docked with the side port of the main module "Tianhe"

China's space station on Thursday assumed its final T-shape after assembly work. This was reported by the Administration of the Manned Space Flight Program of China.

Recently, the United States announced the completion of the preparation of a Strategic Analysis of the situation in Outer Space. However, this document will not be published, although there is an unclassified version of the report. Such a decision by the White House, according to Breaking Defense, caused a sharply negative reaction from the expert community and the mass media.

Using the Falcon Heavy superheavy space rocket from SpaceX, the Pentagon launches a new generation Tetra-1 small satellite and another military spacecraft into geostationary Earth orbit, information about which is not reported.

The United States no longer considers the previously existing approaches to the development of a limited number of large satellites and large ground-based systems justified. It took many years and a lot of money to implement these goals, now it is not relevant. The Pentagon's position was voiced by Assistant Secretary of the US Air Force for Space Frank Calvelli.