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Roscosmos said that the purpose of the maneuver is to form ballistic conditions before launching the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft into orbit (March 18) and landing Soyuz MS-19 (March 30).

Russian engineers will use an algorithm that will allow archiving information transmitted by spacecraft in orbit, significantly reducing the file size

The new data compression algorithm created by the Russian Space Systems Holding (RKS, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation) will allow 10 times to increase data transmission from satellites. This was reported on Wednesday in Roscosmos.

Chinese Tianwen-1 took a selfie against the background of the North Pole of Mars

The Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-1, located in near-Martian orbit, shot a video showing itself against the background of the Red Planet. The corresponding video can be viewed on Twitter.

Tests of the electric refueling model of the Angara-A5M launch vehicle, which was named Angara-NJ, will be conducted at the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2023.

Roscosmos: a full-fledged mock-up of the Angara-A5M heavy rocket will be tested at Vostochny

In 2023, it is planned to test a full-fledged electric refueling ground model of the Angara-A5M heavy rocket at the Russian Vostochny cosmodrome, Roscosmos reports.

NASA assumes that the International Space Station will be de-orbited in 2031. By that time, the Americans and their partners can put into operation the Lunar Lunar Gateway.

On Tuesday, at a conference call in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the department Sergei Shoigu, they discussed the delivery of the Bars-M mapping and remote sensing satellites to the troops.

Survival training in the winter forest usually falls on the harshest month of the year - February.

"The temperature at night reached minus 25 degrees, but it was dry. We had the opportunity to sit by the campfire in the open air and not be afraid that it would rain," Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev shared his impressions a year ago.

Yuri Baluyevsky clarified that the prototype was tested at the landfill in Plesetsk

The former chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Yuri Baluyevsky, said on Monday that a prototype of hypersonic weapons was tested in Russia back in 2004.

However, the program may be changed depending on the state of health during post-flight examinations, the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center clarified

There are no plans to increase the rehabilitation time of Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, who will return to Earth at the end of March after almost a year of flight. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC).

The American Falcon 9 heavy rocket on Tuesday, Moscow time, launched into orbit with the Italian COSMO-SkyMed radar surveillance satellite (CSG-2), the carrier developer SpaceX announced.

The first reusable stage of the American Falcon 9 rocket, launched on Tuesday Moscow time with the Italian COSMO-SkyMed radar surveillance satellite (CSG-2), made a successful vertical landing at a site in Florida, the SpaceX carrier development company said.

KTRV has prepared for the serial production of mini-satellites of its own production

The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) has advanced in the process of preparing for the release of mini-satellites of its own production. Vadim Khromov, Deputy General Director of the enterprise for Corporate Construction and Investments, said this in an interview with TASS.

The ReshUCube-1 device of SibGU was created on the basis of the OrbiCraft-Pro SXC3 platform developed by Sputnix, its launch is planned to be carried out during this year

TASS, January 31. The ReshUCube-1 nanosatellite, which is scheduled to be launched in 2022, will help students and schoolchildren of the Krasnoyarsk Territory conduct experiments to study the Earth's magnetic field. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Sitronics Group.

Specialists of the Tactical Missile Armament (KTRV) are working on a device that will take space debris out of orbit. Earlier it became known that the S. A. Lavochkin NGO proposed an inflatable module for these tasks.

The device is currently being tested at the RSC at the twin stand of the Zvezda service module

A hyperspectrometer that will allow remote sensing of the Earth as part of the Hurricane experiment will soon be installed on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). This is stated in the message of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia (part of Roscosmos), distributed on Monday.

Specialists have started designing the power supply system of the National Space Center on the territory of the Khrunichev State Scientific Research Center, Deputy Mayor of Moscow Pyotr Biryukov told reporters on Monday.

The component base has already been determined, said Vadim Khromov, Deputy General Director of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation for Corporate Construction and Investment

The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) is ready to launch the Condor-FKA-M satellite created by JSC MIC NPO Mashinostroeniya (part of KTRV) into mass production.

The Ukrainian satellite Sich-2-30, which was launched into orbit with a fanfare the day before, is apparently lost, since it is impossible to establish communication with it and identify it. This was announced by the ex-adviser to the head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine Andrey Kolesnik.

The bureau also explained that "during the first important sessions, it was not possible to establish a stable connection with the Ukrainian satellite due to lack of energy"

Communication with the Ukrainian satellite Sich-2-30, launched on January 13 with the help of an American launch vehicle, has been established, but is periodically interrupted. This was stated by the chief designer and head of the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau, the manufacturer of the satellite, Konstantin Belousov, commenting on the information that appeared in the media about the loss of communication with the satellite.