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ESA and Roscosmos are preparing a report on the future of Soyuz launches from the Kourou cosmodrome
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Roscosmos are working on cooperation options for launching Soyuz rockets from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana, and a joint report will be presented following the meetings. This was reported to TASS by the official representative of ESA Brigitte Kolmze.
Progress MS-19 docked to the ISS
The board delivered six SWSU-55 No. 5-10 nanosatellites to the station, which will be launched during the cosmonauts' spacewalk under the program of the scientific and educational experiment "Radioscaf"
The Progress MS-19 cargo transport ship, which was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome on Tuesday, docked to the Search module of the Russian segment of the ISS, follows from the broadcast on the Roscosmos website.
Rogozin: Soyuz equipment on Kura for manned launches will save Europe money
According to the head of Roscosmos, retrofitting the launch will give European astronauts the opportunity to get to the ISS on their own
Retrofitting the Soyuz launch complex at the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana for manned launches will help European taxpayers save billions of euros. This opinion was expressed by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
Rogozin proposed to retrofit the Kuru complex
The head of Roscosmos proposed to finalize the Kuru complex for launching manned ships
Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of the Roscosmos State Corporation, proposed to finalize the Kourou launch complex for launching manned ships. The head of the state corporation announced this in his Telegram channel.
In Europe, they wanted their own manned spacecraft. Rogozin proposed the "Union"
Representatives of the European side stated that they want to have their own manned spacecraft. Roscosmos has already responded to this: According to Dmitry Rogozin, the simplest solution would be to organize opportunities for launching Soyuz-MS at the Kourou cosmodrome.
The cost of commercial flights into space is named
Virgin Galactic will open the sale of tickets for suborbital flights worth from $450 thousand
The American company Virgin Galactic on Wednesday, February 16, will begin the open sale of tickets for commercial suborbital flights on its spacecraft. The starting price of the tour is 450 thousand dollars. This is stated in the company's press release, which is cited by Interfax.
NASA will put five space observatories into orbit over the next ten years
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to put five space observatories into orbit to monitor processes in the atmosphere over the next ten years, the head of the department Bill Nelson said on Tuesday.
The height of the ISS orbit will be adjusted on February 26
As a result of the maneuver, the altitude of the orbit will increase by 1.1 km
Correction of the orbit height of the International Space Station (ISS) is expected on February 26. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Wednesday.
The European Union will spend 6 billion euros on an analog of OneWeb
Bloomberg: The European Union will spend 6 billion euros on an analogue of the British OneWeb system
The European Union will spend 6 billion euros on an analogue of the British OneWeb system, Bloomberg reports, referring to the European Commissioner for the internal market, Thierry Breton.
The MAYOR recognized the backlog of Roscosmos
The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia noted the superiority of a number of foreign missiles over Russian
The telecommunications and geoinformation space systems available in Russia do not fully meet the challenges facing the country's economy, according to the High-Tech White Paper posted on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia (MAYOR).
The European Union will spend €6 billion to create a constellation of communication satellites
According to Bloomberg, the EC intends to spend €2.4 billion from its budget for these purposes
The European Union plans to spend €6 billion ($6.8 billion) to create a constellation of communications satellites in low Earth orbit to ensure secure communications for member countries. This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton.
The MAYOR said that the space systems of the Russian Federation do not quite meet the needs of digital transformation
The department noted that foreign products and services in this area often outperform domestic
The existing domestic telecommunications and geoinformation space systems do not fully meet the challenges facing the Russian economy in the framework of digital transformation, follows from the "White Paper" of High Technologies in Russia and abroad, posted on the website of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
SpaceX will be the first in the world to release a tourist into outer space
SpaceX will launch a tourist into outer space for the first time
The American company SpaceX, as part of the Polaris program initiated by billionaire Jared Isaacman, will launch a tourist into outer space for the first time in the world, according to the project's website.
Roscosmos told about the reduction in the cost of Angara
NPO Energomash has carried out work to reduce the cost of RD-191 engines for Angara rockets
Roscosmos is working to reduce the cost of RD-191 engines and their modifications for Angara family rockets, the state corporation says.
The loan portfolio of Roscosmos amounted to 92 billion rubles
Over the past three years, it has decreased by almost 15%, Maxim Ovchinnikov, the first deputy director of the state corporation, told Vedomosti in an interview
The volume of the Roscosmos loan portfolio is 92 billion rubles, Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of the state corporation, said in an interview with Vedomosti newspaper.
The construction of the National Space Center is planned to be completed in 2023 - Deputy Director of Roscosmos
The National Space Center under construction in Moscow is planned to be put into operation in 2024, and the launch complex for launch vehicles "Angara" at the Vostochny cosmodrome will be completed this year, said Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of Roscosmos.
Roscosmos spoke about the inability to compete with the United States
Roscosmos recognized the impossibility of competition in foreign markets due to US sanctions
The sanctions imposed by the United States and its partners against Russia since 2014 make it impossible for Roscosmos to compete in foreign markets, Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of the state corporation, told Vedomosti in an interview.
Soyuz MS-21 crews will begin taking the preflight exam at the CPC on February 22
The launch of the spacecraft to the ISS is scheduled for March 18
The main and backup crews of the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft, whose launch to the ISS is scheduled for March 18, will begin passing comprehensive examination training on February 22. This is stated in the message of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC), distributed on Tuesday.
The IXPE Space Observatory transmitted the first image to Earth
The new Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observatory has transmitted the first data to Earth. The process of its commissioning took a month.
More than 35 OneWeb satellites delivered to Baikonur
They will be launched on a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage on the night of March 5
Over 35 British OneWeb communications satellites have been delivered to the Baikonur Cosmodrome, from where they will be launched on a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage on the night of March 5. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.
