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The launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region is scheduled for December 23. This was announced on Thursday, December 9, by the administration of the Kargasoksky district of the Tomsk region.

The backup launch date was set for December 24

The launch of the Angara-A5 heavy launch vehicle from the Plesetsk cosmodrome is scheduled for the evening of December 23. This is stated in the message of the administration of the Kargasok district of the Tomsk region.

The University is preparing a lunar mission, its modeling has already been carried out

Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) has created a software package for the analysis and design of space missions on an order focused on import substitution. This was announced at the session of the Congress of Young Scientists on Thursday by the Dean of the Faculty of Space Research of Moscow State University Vasily Sazonov.

The wreckage of the Soviet satellite shot down on November 15 is under control, they do not threaten existing space objects, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said at a briefing to military attaches of foreign states on Thursday.

The Falcon 9 rocket launched the IXPE X-ray observatory

A Falcon 9 rocket was launched from the Cape Canaveral cosmodrome in the interests of NASA, SpaceX reports. It is noted that the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft is installed in the head of the carrier — a 325-kilogram new observatory equipped with three telescopes to track X-ray sources in the Universe.

The launch of the Electron rocket on May 15 ended in failure, as specialists were unable to put the satellites into orbit

The Electron rocket of the American company Rocket Lab with two Earth remote sensing satellites launched on Thursday from the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand, the company said in a statement.

According to the head of Roscosmos, a Russian group of potential space tourists is in the CPC

A Russian group of potential space tourists is at the Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC), getting acquainted with how the training takes place. This was reported to journalists by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

The Director General of Roscosmos will visit the country at the invitation of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, said that he plans to visit Japan in 2022 at the invitation of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

The satellite will be delivered to the USA for launch from the SpaceX site

The plane with the Ukrainian satellite of remote sensing of the earth "Sich-2-30" on Wednesday took off from the Ukrainian international airport Borispol. The satellite will be delivered to the United States for launch from the SpaceX site, the airport's press service said.

Japanese space tourists Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano, together with Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, opened the hatches between the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft and the International Space Station (ISS). The event is broadcast on Wednesday, December 8, on the Roscosmos website.

The only female cosmonaut of Russia, Anna Kikina, will fly on the American Crew Dragon ship in 2022. This was announced on December 8 by Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the Roscosmos State Corporation.

The American Atlas V launch vehicle, launched on Tuesday, successfully launched a group of satellites into orbit in the interests of the US Space Forces and NASA, the operator company United Launch Alliance (ULA) reported.

A Soyuz-2 rocket and a head fairing for launching OneWeb spacecraft have been delivered to the Baikonur cosmodrome, according to the website of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities on Wednesday.

The Hubble Space Telescope has returned to full operation. Earlier, he was transferred to safe mode due to equipment problems.

According to the head of the state corporation, the Russian Federation does not intend to "give this niche to the Americans"

Roscosmos does not plan to give the USA a niche of space tourism, said Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the state corporation, at a meeting with Russian members of the cosmonaut squad.

Alexander Misurkin will partially participate in the scientific program

The commander of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, TASS correspondent cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, will conduct experiments in orbit in the interests of Russian science. This was reported to TASS on Wednesday by the Deputy Director for Science of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IMBP) RAN Oleg Kotov.

So, the cosmonauts took part in the discussion of the readiness of the multipurpose laboratory module "Science" for flight tests, the preliminary design of Soyuz-5, Angara

Russian cosmonauts, within the framework of scientific and technical Councils (NTS), take part in discussing the problems of creating a Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS), robotic systems and other projects.

Housing under the program can be purchased both on the primary and secondary market

Promsvyazbank and Roscosmos have signed an agreement that implies the provision of preferential mortgages for members of the Russian cosmonaut squad. The agreement was signed after the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft on Wednesday from Baikonur.

As reported in the state corporation, now it is necessary to agree with the cosmonaut squad how to build plans for the next three years

Roscosmos has successfully implemented plans for 2021 to support Russian cosmonauts. Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of the State Corporation for Economics and Finance, told reporters about this.

The drawing is more suitable for suborbital flights, said the company's CEO Dmitry Loskutov

The lottery draw is suitable for suborbital flights, but is an unsuccessful way to promote flights to the International Space Station. This opinion was expressed during the broadcast of the launch of the Soyuz MS-20 manned spacecraft on the Roscosmos-TV channel by the CEO of Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) Dmitry Loskutov.