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China has put 22 satellites for remote sensing of the Earth into low Earth orbit using the Changzheng-8 launch vehicle, the Chinese Global Television Network (CGTN) reported on Sunday.

Elon Musk responded with the SpaceX logo to Rogozin's question about who will protect the ISS from falling

Elon Musk reacted to the warning of Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin about the consequences of the United States blocking cooperation with Russia on the International Space Station (ISS). The entrepreneur published the corresponding message on Twitter.

Russia will not launch a new generation ship "Eagle" in 2023. The new deadline is 2024. Testing of the flight instance will begin after receiving the test results of the emergency rescue unit.

HSE scientists have developed a model of the behavior of charged particles of lunar dust

Russian HSE scientists have developed a mathematical model explaining the levitation and movement of charged dust particles over the sunlit lunar surface. One of the key factors is the tail of the Earth's magnetosphere, which stretches from the night side of the planet. This is reported in an article published in the journal Physics of Plasmas.

Dmitry Rogozin said that the ISS will be able to work in orbit no longer than 2028

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin, in an interview with the Russian Cosmos magazine, outlined the new service life of the International Space Station (ISS).

Rogozin said that sanctions on the supply of electronics are burdensome for Roscosmos

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin, in an interview with the Russian Cosmos magazine, spoke about the impact of Western sanctions on the state corporation.

Glavkosmos expects that the demand for space tourism services will continue, work on the manufacture of rockets for tourists continues, said the head of the company Dmitry Loskutov.

SpaceNews: the American Cygnus ship can become an alternative to the Russian Progress

The American Cygnus cargo ship can become an alternative to the Russian Progress if it is necessary to correct the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceNews says.

OneWeb has not announced its desire to abandon the Russian Soyuz rockets, which are the main means of putting British satellites into orbit, said Dmitry Loskutov, head of Glavkosmos.

Dmitry Loskutov, General Director of Glavkosmos JSC, stated that the devices are already under the fairing

The launch of the British OneWeb satellites, scheduled for March 5, on a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome will take place. This was announced on Saturday on the air of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station by Dmitry Loskutov, General Director of Glavkosmos JSC.

Dmitry Loskutov, General Director of Glavkosmos JSC, also said that the launch of the European Galileo satellites from the Kourou cosmodrome is likely to be postponed

It will take several days to preserve the Russian equipment at the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana. This was announced on Saturday on the air of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station by Dmitry Loskutov, General Director of Glavkosmos JSC.

Glavkosmos CEO Dmitry Loskutov also said that the production of the Soyuz launch vehicle and the Soyuz MS transport manned spacecraft is continuing

Glavkosmos continues negotiations with potential space tourists, but the geopolitical situation does not contribute to the development of this type of tourism. This was announced by the General director of Glavkosmos Dmitry Loskutov on Saturday.

Roscosmos claims that the DDoS attack on the state corporation's website was organized from Lviv, the data on the contractor will be transferred to the competent authorities.

The main crew includes Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov, the backup crew includes Sergey Prokopyev, Anna Kikina and Dmitry Petelin

The interdepartmental commission at the meeting recommended approving the main and backup crews of the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft and continuing their preparations for the flight to Baikonur, Roscosmos said on Friday.

General training took place at the base in Houston, said cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev

The crew of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft, which is scheduled to go to the ISS in the fall, has already begun training together with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio. This was announced by cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev at a conference in TASS, which is held in an online format together with Roscosmos and the CPC.

According to the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, these plans are not spelled out in the current Federal Space Program, but after receiving the results of the preliminary design, adjustments will be made to the program.

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.

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.

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".

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.