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Roscosmos to suspend cooperation with Europe on launches from Kourou
Roscosmos has recalled its employees from the Kourou cosmodrome due to EU sanctions
Roscosmos will suspend cooperation with Europe on Soyuz-2 rocket launches from Kourou, Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the state corporation, said on Twitter.
Rogozin called it impossible for the United States to participate in the Venus-D project under sanctions
The Director General of Roscosmos said that the mission will be implemented by Russia independently or with the participation of China
The US participation in the Venus-D joint project with Roscosmos may be excluded due to the sanctions imposed by the United States affecting the Russian space industry. This was announced to TASS by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Saturday.
Rogozin: the launch of Soyuz-2 rockets from Baikonur will be stopped after the ISS operation is completed
The Director General of Roscosmos also stated that since the Soyuz launch at the Vostochny cosmodrome is not adapted for the launch of manned Soyuz spacecraft, the issue of redundancy arises
Soyuz-2 launch vehicles will cease to be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome after the completion of the operation of the International Space Station. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with the magazine "Russian Space".
The launch of the Russian Eagle was postponed
Dmitry Rogozin announced the postponement of the testing of the Eagle spacecraft to 2024
The launch of the Russian spacecraft "Eagle" has been postponed from 2023 to 2024, Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, said in an interview with the Russian Cosmos magazine.
Roscosmos reported that its website is being subjected to a DDoS attack from foreign servers
As specified in the press service of the state corporation, due to the current situation, the loading time of the site pages may be increased
Technical specialists of Roscosmos are working to neutralize DDoS attacks from foreign servers on the state corporation's website. This was reported to journalists in the press service of Roscosmos on Saturday.
Alexander Leonov, General Designer of NPO Mashinostroeniya, celebrates his 70th birthday
Under his leadership and direct participation, the Zircon hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile was developed
General Director, General Designer of JSC "Military Industrial Complex "NPO Mashinostroeniya" (part of the corporation "Tactical Missile Armament"), Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation Alexander Leonov celebrates 70 years since his birth on Saturday.
Rogozin called it impossible for the United States to participate in the Russian Venus-D project
Roscosmos called it impossible to implement the Venus-D project together with the United States
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin called it impossible for the United States to participate in the Russian Venus-D project. The head of the state corporation told TASS about this.
Rogozin announced the elaboration of the commercial launch of Angara-1.2" from the East in 2023
Roscosmos expects that at least two launches of Angara light launch vehicles will be carried out in 2022
Roscosmos is working on the possibility of launching a light version of the Angara rocket with a commercial load from the Vostochny cosmodrome in December 2023. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with the magazine "Russian Space".
Rogozin said that 10 space launches of Roscosmos have been postponed since 2021
So, the launches of the navigation satellites Glonass-M, Glonass-K and the first promising Glonass-K2 spacecraft have been postponed to 2022
Roscosmos has postponed about 10 space launches since 2021. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with the magazine "Russian Space".
A flight copy of the Eagle spacecraft will appear in April 2024
Tests of the flight instance will begin after receiving the test result of the rocket unit of the emergency rescue of the ship, said the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin
A flight copy of the Eagle manned spacecraft will be ready in 2024. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with the magazine "Russian Space".
ESA will continue to cooperate with Roscosmos, despite the situation in Ukraine
ESA CEO Josef Aschbacher said that the company continues to work on all its programs, including the launch campaign to the ISS and the ExoMars mission
Cooperation between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos will continue, despite the situation in Ukraine. This was announced on Friday by ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher.
The ISS orbit was raised before the Soyuz flights
The height of the ISS orbit was raised by 1.3 km before the arrival of Soyuz MS-21 and Soyuz MS-19 in March
The height of the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was adjusted before the arrival of the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft and the return of the Soyuz MS-19, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Roscosmos.
The crew of the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft will hold a volleyball match on the ISS
The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft is scheduled for 18:55 Moscow time on March 18
The crew of the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft will hold a volleyball match on the ISS. This was announced at a press conference in TASS by the flight engineer of the ISS-67 expedition Denis Matveev.
By March 15, Russian satellites will approach the devices three times at a distance of less than 3 km.
As specified in the IPM, on March 12 at 16:54:16 Moscow time, the Luch-5B space repeater is expected to approach the space debris object - the Titan 3C upper stage at a distance of about 6,464 m
By March 15, Russian satellites will approach the spacecraft of the USSR and Russia three times by less than 3 km. This is stated in the message of the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPM).
Rogozin commented on the US sanctions against the Russian space program
Dmitry Rogozin called Biden's decision on the space program "alts-gamer" sanctions
Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the Roscosmos State Corporation, commented on the US decision to impose sanctions against the Russian space program. He wrote about it in his Telegram channel.
Chinese lunar rover found glass balls on the moon
In the images of the Yutu-2 device, scientists noticed a pair of large translucent spheres made of glass — most likely, this is the result of a recent meteorite fall.
VIZARD satellite to study ice drift and shipping in the Arctic will be launched in 2022
It was developed by schoolchildren together with specialists of NIS LLC and VIZARD LLC
The VIZARD-SS1 nanosatellite, which will allow schoolchildren to study ice drift and navigation safety in the Arctic Ocean, will be launched in 2022. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Sitronics Group on Thursday.
Roscosmos fulfills its obligations under the ISS, work on cross-flights continues
In an interview with The New York Times, the head of the corporation Dmitry Rogozin previously clarified that the state corporation plans to carry out one cross-flight per year in 2022-2024 together with NASA.
The US will develop a radar for tracking the geostationary orbit
Northrop Grumman has received a contract to develop a space surveillance system
The Space Systems Command of the US Space Forces has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman to develop a radar tracking system for geostationary orbit. As part of the Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) program, three ground stations will be built, Army Recognition reports.
Russia wanted to build tracking stations in Argentina and Africa
Russia to hold talks with Argentina and Africa on Spektr-M tracking stations
Russia wants to build tracking stations for the Spectrum-M astrophysical space observatory in Argentina and Africa. This was reported to TASS by the head of the FIAN astrocosmic Center Sergey Likhachev.
