News about the state and prospects of the defense industry
Roscosmos revealed a malfunction of the Luna-25 automatic station device
Experts discovered a malfunction during tests of the Doppler speed and range meter (DISD-LR), designed to ensure a soft landing of the Luna-25 spacecraft. This was reported to TASS on November 13 in the press service of Roscosmos.
Russia predicted leadership in the "moon race"
Maxim Litvak, head of the laboratory of the ICI RAS, said that the launch of the Luna-25 interplanetary station in 2022 will help Russia to get ahead in the "lunar race", RIA Novosti reports.
"Georgy Kurbatov" successfully copes even with "smart" sea mines
The newest mine defense ship conducted exercises in the Baltic Sea.
At the first stage of the exercises, the crew of the minesweeper Georgy Kurbatov discovered a "floating mine" with the help of sonar equipment. After that, he successfully destroyed it.
Baltflot helicopter pilots conducted exercises to search for a submarine in the Baltic Sea
Crews of shipboard Ka-27 helicopters conducted exercises to search for submarines of a simulated enemy in the Baltic Sea, the press service of the Baltic Fleet (BF) reported on Saturday.
SpaceX launched a new group of Starlink Internet satellites into orbit, brought the grouping to 1842 spacecraft
The Falcon 9 heavy launch vehicle on Saturday successfully launched into orbit a batch of 53 mini-satellites designed to continue the deployment of the global network of Internet coverage of the Starlink system, the developer company SpaceX reported.
In the USA, they told about the "doomed to failure" Soviet "Meteorite"
The Soviet strategic cruise missile "Meteorite" was a powerful and unusual weapon of the Cold War, ultimately "doomed to failure," reports The Drive.
Two communication satellites will be launched from Baikonur on December 6
The Proton-M rocket will launch two Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 communication satellites into orbit from the Baikonur cosmodrome on December 6, Roscosmos reported.
SpaceX has launched 53 more satellites into orbit for the Starlink network
Since May 2019, the company has put more than 1.8 thousand satellites into orbit
The American company SpaceX on Saturday successfully delivered 53 more mini-satellites to orbit for its Starlink network.
The ship of the PMO "Anatoly Shlemov" is planned to be launched on November 26 - the Commander-in-chief of the Navy
The next serial mine defense ship of the 12700 project "Anatoly Shlemov" is to be launched on November 26, according to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
China will be able to land taikonauts on the moon before 2030 - Academy of Space Technologies of the country
China is able to land taikonauts on the surface of the Moon in the period earlier than 2030, the technical adviser of the Chinese Academy of Space Technologies (CAST) said on the air of the Chinese Television Network Ye Peijian.
China has announced plans to send taikonauts to the moon by 2030
China plans to land Taikonauts on the surface of the moon earlier than 2030. This was told on the air of the Chinese Global Television Network by the technical adviser of the Chinese Academy of Space Technologies Ye Peijian.
In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, work has begun on the assembly of Checkmate fighters
Work on the production of several prototypes of the newest Checkmate fighter began simultaneously in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. This was announced to journalists on Sunday, November 14, by the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec) Yuri Slyusar.
The head of the UAC said that the delivery of the Checkmate fighter can begin earlier than planned
As stated by Yuri Slyusar, according to the initial plan, they should begin in 2026
Deliveries of the latest Checkmate fighter can begin in 2025 - a year ahead of schedule. This was announced to journalists on Sunday by the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec) Yuri Slyusar.
In Komsomolsk, work has begun on the production of several Checkmate prototypes
The aircraft includes all the most advanced developments, including an open architecture for building in the interests of the customer and unique artificial intelligence technologies
Work on the production of several prototypes of the newest Checkmate fighter began simultaneously in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. This was announced to journalists on Sunday by the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC, part of Rostec) Yuri Slyusar.
Production of Checkmate fighters has started in Russia
The Komsomolsk-on-Amur plant began production of light tactical aircraft (LTS), better known as Checkmate or Su-75. This was stated during the Dubai Airshow by the head of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar, his words are quoted by RBC.
"Ingenuity" made the fifteenth flight on Mars
The Mars helicopter "Ingenuity" made its fifteenth flight in the atmosphere of the Red Planet, which became the first full-fledged flight at very high propeller speeds. The drone flew 406 meters in a little over two minutes and received a number of color images of the surrounding area, according to NASA Twitter.
The pilots of the deck MiG-29 completed training at the NITKA complex in the Crimea
According to a TASS source, in the coming days he will begin flying to a permanent-based airfield
The hundredth separate naval fighter aviation regiment of the Northern Fleet has completed training on an analog of an aircraft carrier - the NITKA ground test training complex in Saki in the Crimea. In the coming days, he will begin flying to a permanent-based airfield, a source close to the Crimean law enforcement agencies told TASS.
Serial deliveries of Armata tanks to the Russian army are included in the new state armament program
The new state armament program for 2024-2033 assumes serial deliveries of Armata tanks to the Russian military, Mikhail Osyko, a member of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia, told Interfax.
Chairman of the PSB Petr Fradkov headed the Working Group on Improving the Financial Stability of Defense Industry Organizations
On November 9, the first meeting of the Working Group on Regulatory and legal support of the financial stability of the organizations of the military-industrial complex at the Bureau of the Union of Machine Builders of Russia took place, the press service of PJSC Promsvyazbank reported.
The ISS has adjusted its orbit to evade the wreckage of a Chinese satellite
The International Space Station on Wednesday conducted a maneuver to avoid a collision with a fragment of a Chinese weather satellite, Roscosmos reported.