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The Changzheng-4C launch vehicle launched the L-SAR 01 remote sensing satellite into a sun-synchronous orbit, the Chinese Television Network (CCTV) reported on Wednesday.

Former adviser to the head of GKA Kolesnik: Ukrainian satellite "Sich-2-30" was lost after launch

Launched for the first time in 11 years, the Ukrainian satellite Sich-2-30 is probably lost. This opinion was expressed by the former freelance adviser to the head of the State Space Agency (SCA) of Ukraine Andrey Kolesnik.

According to the head of Roscosmos, the construction should be completed by the end of the year

The construction of the second stage of the Vostochny cosmodrome, which includes the construction of a launch complex for launching the Angara launch vehicle, is carried out around the clock. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Wednesday.

The Earth remote sensing system created on the basis of the BKA works steadily and fully fulfills its tasks, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Vladimir Gusakov assured.

Roscosmos considers Cuba, Svalbard and Bellingshausen station in Antarctica as locations for tracking stations of the warning system about dangerous situations in orbit, follows from the data of the public procurement portal.

TASS: The United States issued an entry visa to Roscosmos cosmonaut Nikolai Chub

Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Chub was issued an American visa after a scandal with non-receipt of documents for entry to the United States, TASS reports, referring to Roscosmos.

He delivered to Earth more than 2.2 tons of various cargoes, including the results of scientific experiments

The Dragon cargo ship of the American company SpaceX landed on water in the Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Florida. This was reported on Monday on the SpaceX Twitter page.

In addition to scientific and applied tasks, the project pursues an educational goal

The Yarilo No. 3 and Yarilo No. 4 nanosatellites of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University will be launched as part of the Universat program in 2022. This is stated in the theses to the report of the university representatives to the XLVI Academic Readings on Cosmonautics in memory of S. P. Korolev (Royal Readings), which are scheduled for January 25-28.

Lydia Ivanova, a researcher at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Research Institute, noted that changes in approaches to the selection and training of cosmonauts in long-term plans for the development of manned cosmonautics will be required.

At the moment, most of the meteors are being studied from Earth

Specialists of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia proposed to study the chemical composition of meteors using a spectrometer that can be installed on board the International Space Station. This is stated in the theses to the report to the XLVI Academic Readings on Cosmonautics in memory of S. P. Korolev (Royal Readings).

The James Webb Telescope completed the course correction and reached the second Lagrange point

The most expensive James Webb Telescope successfully completed the final course correction a month after launching into space. This is reported by NASA.

The areas of falling of the separating parts of the rocket, according to calculations, are located between the village of Yar-Sale and the Port-Yakha factor, the village of Panaevsk and the Hadyt-Yakha factor

The first launch of the Soyuz-2 launch vehicle in 2022 is scheduled for February 3 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region, according to a message from the Yamal district network publication YATV in VKontakte.

The increased level of loss of red blood cells in the blood, leading to anemia, in astronauts in orbit is an adaptive reaction of the body to weightlessness, the head of the Laboratory of Medical Biochemistry and Neuroendocrinology of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) told Interfax RAS Andrey Markin.

The general director of the organization Dmitry Baranov noted that it will depend on the readiness of the spacecraft

The number of Soyuz rocket launches in 2022 will be about 20, Dmitry Baranov, General Director of the Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC), told reporters on Tuesday.

According to the company's CEO Dmitry Baranov, 2021 was a difficult year due to coronavirus restrictions

The situation with the supply of components, for which there were delays, stabilized by the end of 2021, the company's CEO Dmitry Baranov told reporters on Tuesday.

RSC Energia was tasked with ensuring the readiness of the first module for a new domestic orbital station in 2025

The Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) under development can be used to develop various technologies that will be used in the future as part of the lunar program. This was announced by the head of the ballistics department of the Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (part of Roscosmos), Rafail Murtazin.

The Aerohimflot Alliance and GLONASS JSC, in order to improve flight safety in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, have agreed to work together on the development and use of Russian geoinformation systems in the field of aviation operations, the press service of the operator of GLONASS JSC reports.

Andrey Denisov noted that this is a long-term cooperation program

The intergovernmental agreement between Russia and China on cooperation in the creation of a lunar station is almost ready and may be signed soon. This was stated at a press conference by the Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov.

According to the head of Roscosmos, there are already ideas on how to solve the problem, it will take two years

There is only one launch pad for Soyuz-2 launch vehicles at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Tuesday.

The head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin clarified that the next launch of the Soyuz-5 will be in 2024 with an upper stage

The first payload of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle will be the Stork satellite. This was announced by the General Director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin on Tuesday.