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Specialists of the Russian Space Systems Holding (RKS, part of Roscosmos) have completed work on the project of a promising solar space power plant (SCES), which will provide electricity to hard-to-reach areas of the Earth, the RKS press service reported.

Roscosmos called the situation in Baikonur calm

Representatives of Roscosmos assessed the situation in the Kazakh city of Baikonur. This is reported by the Telegram channel "Sputnik Near Abroad".

Three Progress MS cargo ships will go to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2022, Roscosmos reported.

The state of the head of Tesla (SPB: TSLA) Inc. Elon Musk increased by $33.8 billion on Monday, after the company published data on record deliveries of electric vehicles in 2021.

All launches will take place from Baikonur

Three Progress MS cargo transport ships will be launched to the ISS from Baikonur this year. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.

It is not so important when exactly we will find life outside the Earth, and whether we will find it at all, a much more pressing and complex question is how do we respond to it? No matter what scenario the first contact with the inhabitants of other planets unfolds, the very fact of their existence can shake our worldview. To better understand this issue, NASA has resorted to the services of clergymen of different religions.

The satellite constellation of the British operator OneWeb, which plans to provide all the inhabitants of the Earth with global high-speed Internet, has been replenished with 36 satellites launched into orbit by the Russian Soyuz rocket. The launch of the rocket was led by Arianespace specialists. As a result, the total number of spacecraft at OneWeb's disposal has reached 394.

As the institute clarified, the telescope is a high-precision means of monitoring bright space objects

The Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences has launched a new telescope in Altai, which in the future will allow predicting dangerous approaches of objects in orbit. This is stated in the message of the institute, distributed on Monday.

As specified in the Russian Defense Ministry, the specialists of the Main Center for the Exploration of the Space Situation paid special attention to the control of orbital groupings of foreign satellites

The space forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces controlled the situation in near-Earth space and the termination of the ballistic existence of more than 400 vehicles. This is stated in the message of the Russian Defense Ministry.

More than 1.7 thousand spacecraft were launched into orbit in 2021 under the control of the Space Forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Defense Ministry.

According to Roscosmos, two manned launches of Russian ships are planned in total this year

The launch of the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft is scheduled for the evening of March 18. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Sunday.

The construction of the Voronezh radar station (radar) of the Russian missile attack warning System (SPRN) will be completed in 2022, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

As reported in Roscosmos, the opening of the exit hatch of the Search module is scheduled at 15:00 Moscow time

Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov will make the first spacewalk in 2022 under the Russian program on the afternoon of January 19. This is stated in a message distributed by Roscosmos on Sunday.

According to the head of Roscosmos, Anton Shkaplerov and Peter Dubrov know how to deal with them

Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, who are currently on the International Space Station, have found problems on board, but they know how to deal with them. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin during a conversation with members of the ISS crew.

According to the preliminary plan, in February, JAXA astronaut Takao Doi will fix wood samples outside the ISS research module to study their properties and strength in outer space

At the beginning of next year, Japanese specialists will begin technical experiments related to the preparation for the launch of the world's first wooden satellite. This was reported on Friday by the Kyodo news agency.

The CEO of Roscosmos previously reported that a single-turn flight scheme could be tested in 2022

Single-turn flights on spacecraft to the ISS will begin soon. This was announced by the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin during a conversation with the crew members of the station.

The head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin stressed that there are many tests to be done, the work is going on in a busy schedule

Roscosmos does not plan to change the timing of the start of flight testing of the promising manned ship "Eagle". This was stated by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin during a conversation with astronauts who are on the ISS.

The Nauka module, which docked to the International Space Station (ISS) in the summer, will be able to work effectively until 2030, the state corporation Roscosmos reported on Saturday.

As reported in Roscosmos, the purpose of the maneuver is the formation of ballistic conditions for the docking of the Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft and the landing of the Soyuz MS-19

The correction of the orbit height of the International Space Station (ISS) is expected on January 12, it will be the first in 2022. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Saturday.

China plans to carry out more than 40 space launches in 2022, including as part of missions to the Tiangong National space station under construction, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Saturday.