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Russian private company to develop ATOMSAT radar satellite
Sitronics Group reported that the development of a medium-resolution satellite for remote sensing of the Earth "Zorky" on the OrbiCraft-Pro platform and a device with a submeter-resolution camera "Kinosatnik" is also underway.
Japanese tourists preparing for a flight into space have started learning Russian
Cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin clarified that the language of communication with the Japanese participants of the flight is English
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his business assistant Yozo Hirano began learning Russian while preparing for a flight into space. This was announced at a pre-flight press conference on Tuesday by cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, who will become the first TASS correspondent aboard the International Space Station.
Russia and China have signed a roadmap for satellite navigation
The document contains plans for monitoring and evaluating the characteristics of global navigation satellite systems, as well as for the joint application of navigation technologies in the interests of socio-economic development of the two countries.
A private "store" of space data will appear in Russia
Data from any commercially available satellite systems will be uploaded to the service
Sitronics Group together with its member company Sputnix will create a single "store" for the sale of space services and data. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the group of companies.
On the ISS for the first time paint a picture with brushes on canvas
For the first time, the International Space Station (ISS) will paint a picture with brushes on canvas in a special box, as well as record the mixing of paints and water in zero gravity, Izvestia writes.
Putin signed the law on the powers of Roscosmos in the field of infrastructure construction
According to the previous regulation, Roscosmos was not entitled to issue these permits for space infrastructure facilities that are outside the jurisdiction of the state corporation and its subordinate organizations.
China has chosen a route and five targets for the Zhuzhong rover
After landing the rover, the mission's scientific team analyzed the first images taken and prepared a list of the most interesting terrain details
TASS, December 6. The scientific team of the Zhuzhong rover has published a detailed map of the rover's landing zone on the Utopia Plain and selected five points on its surface that will be studied by the Chinese rover in the coming months during its movements on the surface of Mars. The scientists' plans were revealed in an article in the journal Nature Astronomy.
The epidemic of "covid" affects the Russian rocket industry
Roscosmos: the transfer of oxygen to hospitals may disrupt the timing of testing rocket engines.
The state corporation stressed that they will have to be shifted due to the redirection of supplies to medical organizations fighting the coronavirus.
Europe's first female commander of the ISS has started preparing for a flight in Russia
Before the flight, all astronauts study the Russian segment of the station, and the cosmonauts of Roscosmos study the American one
Italian Samantha Cristoforetti, who will become Europe's first female commander on the International Space Station (ISS), has already begun preparations for the flight in Russia, said Denis Manturov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, at a meeting of the Russian-Italian cooperation Council.
The Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan notes a decrease in the load on Baikonur
Chairman of the Aerospace Committee of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan Baubek Oralmagambetov said that the Kazakh side is analyzing the prospects for the development of the complex.
Taikonauts will transmit the first video tutorial from orbit
Lectures on space topics will be broadcast by China Central Television
The first broadcast of the scientific and educational program "Tiangong Class" from the Chinese space station "Tiangong" (translated from Chinese as "Heavenly Palace") will be held on Thursday, December 9. This was announced on Monday by the Administration of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China.
France to develop lightweight reusable rocket to compete with SpaceX
The Minister of Economy, Finance and Reconstruction of France, Bruno Le Maire, pointed to large public investments in an American company that allowed them to make a breakthrough in the development of technology.
Japan has handed over samples of the Ryugu asteroid to NASA for study
Specialists received fragments weighing about 0.5 grams for further study
Japan handed over to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) samples of the Ryugu asteroid, which were brought to Earth using the Hayabusa-2 probe (Sokol-2) a year ago. This was reported on Monday by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
CVO will ensure the safety of the launch of the Soyuz with a TASS correspondent and Japanese tourists
More than 150 military rescue specialists and medics have been relocated from the Chelyabinsk region, as well as crews of Mi-8 helicopters, An-26 and An-12 aircraft and more than 20 units of ground vehicles, including upgraded search and evacuation vehicles PEM-1 and PEM-2 "Blue Bird".
They wanted to deprive Elon Musk of the right to set his own rules in space
The Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, in an interview with the Financial Times newspaper, warned that the companies of American billionaire Elon Musk could take a dominant position in the developing space economy, since de facto they already dictate their own rules in it.
Rogozin showed a "two-sided" version of the Soyuz rocket
On December 5, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin showed a "two-way" Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket in his Telegram channel.
China is developing space potential twice as intensively as the United States, threatens to get ahead by 2030 - US Space Forces
China is advancing in the development of space technologies twice as vigorously as the United States, threatening to outpace them by the end of the 2020s, Deputy Head of Space Operations in the US Space Forces General David Thompson said at the Ronald Reagan National Defense Forum.
The place for the launch and landing of the reusable Amur-LNG rocket has been determined
Launches and landings of the Amur-LNG rocket will be carried out at a separate complex of the Vostochny cosmodrome. Earlier it was reported that they plan to start research work on a parachute system for a reusable carrier next year.
France and UAE to develop spacecraft for joint lunar missions
France and the United Arab Emirates have signed an agreement on the development of spacecraft for missions on the moon, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC), responsible for the UAE lunar program, said.
The US said that the rivalry in space is growing rapidly
The commander of the US Space Forces, General John Raymond, singled out China and Russia as the country's main rivals in space
Rivalry in the space sphere is growing rapidly, the commander of the US Space Forces, General John Raymond, said on Saturday, speaking at a forum organized by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.