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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In 2021, more than 170 launches of foreign and domestic ballistic missiles and space missiles were detected by the on-duty means of the Russian missile defense system, specialized means of space and missile defense control systems.

As reported in Roscosmos, the first launch of the Glonass-K2 satellite is planned to be carried out in 2022

More than 10 Glonass satellites are in production by Academician M. F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems JSC (ISS, part of Roscosmos), including four of the latest generation. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Monday.

Nine scientific instruments will be installed on board Luna-25, which will allow Russian scientists to study in detail the properties of the oldest rocks of the Moon for the first time

The launch of the Luna-25 research spacecraft and its planned landing at the South Pole of the Moon will be the main Russian scientific event in 2022, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Alexander Sergeev told TASS.

On board it will be, in particular, the results of research and failed instruments from the station

The undocking of the Dragon cargo ship of the American company SpaceX from the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for January 21. This was announced on Monday on its website by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Experts from Zhejiang University have developed a pulsed laser emitter with a power of one megawatt. According to the South China Morning Post, it weighs one and a half kilograms and is small enough to place it on a satellite. The emitter will be able to identify and track targets, as well as quickly transmit information.

This time 49 microsatellites will be launched into low Earth orbit

SpaceX on Thursday launched a Falcon 9 rocket with another group of Starlink microsatellites. The broadcast is conducted on the company's website.

Eight people will accompany the billionaire in this mission

Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa, who is going to fly to the Moon in 2023 as a space tourist of the American company SpaceX, will soon complete the selection of eight people who will accompany him on this mission.

The flight with employees of the rocket and space corporation Energia will arrive at Baikonur on January 12, the head of the city administration Kostantin Busygin said.

The heavy intercontinental missile system "Voevoda" will be gradually replaced with a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) "Sarmat" from 2022, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

Roscosmos stressed that the current probability of a collision is 0.02%

The Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences has provided Roscosmos with information on celestial objects, including a new asteroid that will approach the Earth in 2095. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Saturday.

According to scientists, water appeared in the lunar soil mostly due to the solar wind

Chinese scientists have discovered water in samples of lunar soil delivered to Earth in December 2020 by the Chang'e-5 spacecraft. This was reported on Saturday by the Xinhua news Agency, citing the results of a study published in the journal Science Advances.