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The budget for the planning period from 2022 to 2024 provides for financing of the main activities of the project in the amount of 21 billion rubles

The program for the creation of the multi-satellite grouping "Sphere" is planned to be approved in 2022. This is stated in the presentation of the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The launch is scheduled for the second half of 2022

The device, which will be launched as part of the ExoMars mission in 2022, is scheduled to be sent to the Baikonur cosmodrome in the spring. This was announced on Thursday by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

These launches will be carried out through Roscosmos

Five launches of the Soyuz rocket are planned from the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2022. This was announced by Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin during a meeting on the results of 2021.

Speaking about the advantages of a promising station, Roscosmos noted the storage and maintenance of spacecraft, the possibility of reconfiguration and the commercial segment

The work in the interests of national defense and security will be carried out on board the promising Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS). This is stated in the presentation of the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

Rogozin said that ROSS will work in the interests of national security

It is planned, in particular, to work in the interests of national security at the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS). The tasks of a possible Russian replacement of the International Space Station (ISS) are revealed in the presentation of the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin. This is reported by TASS.

In addition, the agencies have prepared a draft agreement on cross-flights of US astronauts on Soyuz and Russian cosmonauts on American ships

Roscosmos and NASA are consulting on extending the operation of the International Space Station (ISS) until 2030. This is stated in the presentation of the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

According to scientists, they will be able to protect against radiation and meteors

Lava tunnels that were formed earlier during volcanic activity on the Moon can be used as protection against radiation and meteors during the construction of bases. This opinion was expressed by specialists of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in an article published in the journal "Manned Space Flights" (CPC publication).

The launch of the Antares launch vehicle is scheduled for 12:39 on the east coast of the United States from the spaceport on Wallops Island

The launch of the Cygnus cargo spacecraft of the American corporation Northrop Grumman to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for February 19. This was announced on Wednesday by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Boeing is preparing the Starliner spacecraft for a new test launch to the ISS in May 2022, Sergey Kravchenko, the head of the company in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS, told Interfax.

The Starliner ship being developed by Boeing will be able to dock to the Russian orbital station being developed, Sergey Kravchenko, the head of Boeing in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS, told Interfax.

To control near-Earth space and observe artificial objects in Earth orbit, the specialists of the Russian Space Systems Holding (RKS, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) propose using the latest photonics technologies and original methods of ground-based processing of optical information.

Bill Nelson said that he expects to discuss climate issues with the CEO of Roscosmos

The head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson, is looking forward to meeting with Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin, the timing of the visit of the head of the US space agency to the Russian Federation will depend on the situation with the coronavirus. Nelson said this at a briefing on Tuesday, answering a question from TASS.

Mohammed Ahmed Al-Jaber recalled that the Governments of the two countries signed an agreement on cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes

The Russian Federation and the UAE are developing cooperation in the field of space, the countries have many opportunities for joint exploration of Mars and the Moon. This was stated in an interview with TASS by the UAE Ambassador to Moscow, Mohammed Ahmed al-Jaber.

Success Rockets, a private company from Russia, has signed a memorandum with SEWON E&C on the establishment of a joint venture that will create a three-stage Stalker rocket. It will be able to put about 300 kilograms of cargo into orbit.

They patented a device for modeling mixed radiation fields on high-energy heavy ion beams

Employees of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) have developed and patented a device that will allow simulating on earth all the conditions of a complex radiation field inside a spacecraft created by particles of Galactic cosmic radiation. The press service of the Institute writes about this.

The United States has not yet fully deployed the new generation of positioning satellites, but is already preparing to send an improved version of them into space. January 10, portal defensenews.com He reported that the US Space Force has ordered ten satellites of the GPS III Follow-on version (GPS IIIF).

The need to create a special organization to prepare a person for space flight arose after the selection of cosmonaut candidates began in October 1959

The Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC) named after Yu.A. Gagarin (part of Roscosmos) celebrates the 62nd anniversary of its foundation. This is stated in the message of the CPC, distributed on Tuesday.

The company intends to test rocket tanks of a reduced size, said Arseniy Kisarev, director of the Department of Technological Development of S7 Space

The S7 Space company plans to test the tanks of the space launch vehicle under development in a third-party laboratory in 2022. This was reported to TASS by Arseniy Kisarev, director of the company's technological development department.

The new assembly and test building at the Plesetsk cosmodrome located in the Arkhangelsk region will be put into operation significantly ahead of schedule, said Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov.

Private aerospace company Virgin Orbit will launch several commercial satellites into low Earth orbit on January 13 as part of the Above the Clouds mission, the company announced on Twitter.