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Ukraine wants to build a cosmodrome on the Black Sea coast

Participants of the founding conference of the All-Ukrainian Association of Innovation and Space Clusters wanted to build a cosmodrome in Ukraine. As a location, they proposed the border of the Odessa and Mykolaiv regions near the Black Sea coast, Ukrinform reports. It is noted that the construction of the facility will require coordination with Turkey due to the risk of the second stage of the launch vehicle falling on its territory.

A test tank with liquid nitrogen exploded at the SpaceX spaceport in Texas

An explosion occurred at the SpaceX spaceport under construction in Texas in the USA. During the tests on Tuesday, January 18, the GSE-4 test tank with liquid nitrogen exploded. The incident was noticed by observers, Futurism reports.

Roscosmos: NASA astronaut Rubio may fly to Soyuz MS in September 2022

Francisco Rubio may become the only American astronaut who will be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) by the Russian Soyuz MS spacecraft in 2022. The name of the NASA astronaut was called "Roscosmos".

Deputy Head of the Russian Military Department Alexey Krivoruchko said that on November 25, calculations of the Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2 L B carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage.

The Soyuz-2.1a rocket is characterized by increased accuracy of removal and increased payload mass up to 7.5 tons

Two Soyuz-2 launch vehicles.1a" and the Soyuz-2.1v rocket, manufactured by the Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC) under a state contract, were accepted by the military representation of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. This was reported to the head of the military department Sergei Shoigu by the general director of the center Dmitry Baranov.

Work on the integration of the European ERA manipulator into the ISS has been postponed due to technical problems with the manipulator, said Alexander Poleshchuk, head of the extravehicular Activity Department of the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation.

Foreign Minister of the Republic Peter Szijjarto said that the topic of "joint space exploration project" will be discussed during the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to Russia on February 1

Hungary expects to send an astronaut to the International Space Station (ISS) by the middle of the decade as part of cooperation with Russia. This was stated in an interview with TASS by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Peter Szijjarto.

Cosmonaut recruitment was open, applications were accepted from citizens of the Russian Federation not older than 35 years old, with higher education in engineering, scientific or flight specialties with work experience

Cosmonauts of the 2018 set Konstantin Borisov, Alexander Gorbunov, Alexander Grebenkin, Alexey Zubritsky, Sergey Mikaev and Oleg Platonov can make the first flights into orbit in 2023-2024. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Thursday.

The ground segment of the Milky Way will include optoelectronic and radio equipment

The Milky Way system, which is being developed in Russia, will include radar stations not only in the Russian Federation, but also in other countries. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the general designer of the Automated Warning System for Dangerous Situations in Near-Earth Space (ASPOS OKP) Grigory Stupak.

The system will also be able to monitor objects from 10-15 cm in size at altitudes from 2.5 thousand to 45 thousand km

The new Russian Milky Way system will be able to track objects ranging in size from 5-7 cm, which are at an altitude of up to 2.5 thousand km above the Earth's surface. This was announced in an interview with TASS by the general designer of the Automated Warning System for Dangerous Situations in Near-Earth Space (ASPOS OKP) Grigory Stupak.

Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov have begun a seven-hour spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS), the first this year.

Roscosmos and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus will discuss the flight into space of a Belarusian cosmonaut

Representatives of the state corporation "Roscosmos" and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Belarus plan to hold a meeting in late January - early February in Moscow. The parties will discuss the implementation of the project on the flight of a citizen of Belarus into space. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the chairman of the Presidium of the NAS Vladimir Gusakov.

Roscosmos: Russian cosmonauts have discovered a possible air leak site on the ISS

Russian cosmonauts have discovered an alleged air leak in the chamber of the Zvezda module on the International Space Station (ISS). This was reported to Izvestia by the head of the press service of the Roscosmos State Corporation Dmitry Strugovets.

NASA: in the worst case, the Russian Zvezda module on the ISS can be isolated

NASA and Roscosmos are working to eliminate a leak in the Zvezda module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), Interfax reports, referring to the statement of the director of the American Space Agency for the ISS program Robin Gates.

As reported by NASA, some devices already meet the requirements for a manned flight to the planet

The systems necessary for the life support of the crew during the flight to Mars can be debugged on the International Space Station (ISS) by 2030. This was announced on Tuesday by Robin Gates, Director of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for ISS issues.

He worked for eight and a half years

The Resurs-P satellite No. 1, which worked in orbit for 3.5 years longer than the prescribed period, was withdrawn from the grouping due to the failure of its onboard equipment. This was announced to TASS by the General Director of Progress Rocket and Space Center JSC (part of Roscosmos) Dmitry Baranov.

The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Wednesday, Moscow time, successfully launched into orbit a batch of 49 mini-satellites designed to continue the deployment of the global network of Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX reported.

Spacecraft launches will take place in March and September 2022

Specialists of the search and rescue and Parachute Landing Service (PS and PDS) of the Central Military District (CVO) have begun preparing to ensure the safety of launches and landings of Soyuz MS spacecraft, which will take place in March and September 2022, during training camps in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in the conditions of the Siberian taiga. This is stated in a message distributed on Wednesday by the press service of the district.

49 microsatellites will be launched into low Earth orbit

The American company SpaceX on Tuesday launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle with another grouping of Starlink microsatellites. The broadcast is conducted on the company's website.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 launch vehicle with Starlink satellites

The reusable first stage of the American Falcon 9 launch vehicle made a successful controlled landing on the floating platform A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean. This was reported on the Twitter account of the developer company SpaceX.