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Russia Sets Up Its BMEWS Basic Space Segment

Russia has set up its basic missile attack early warning satellite grouping. The BMEWS space system will continuously monitor US territory for possible ballistic missile launches, TASS reported today. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on Google News. Setting up of the basic space segment of Russia's ballistic missiles early warning system (BMEWS) enables it to…

04.06.2020

Ministry of Defence Orders Four Angara Rockets

According to some sources, the Russian Ministry of Defence has ordered four Angara-5 rockets, reports Ria Novosti. Russia's Ministry of Defence signed a contract with the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre, part of Roscosmos. Apparently, the contract is for the serial production of Angara rockets. The common name "Angara" are space rockets of…

03.06.2020

On 30 May, the United States had the first human spaceflight launched from US soil in 9 years. Falcon 9 of SpaceX launched Crew Dragon demonstration mission to the International Space Station (ISS) carrying two NASA astronauts. Since 2011, NASA has been reliant on Russian space rockets for sending its astronauts to outer space. On…

01.06.2020

Space Observatory Will Search for Other Civilisations

Russia's future space observatory Spektr-M will search for traces of engineering activity by extraterrestrial civilisations, if they ever existed or do exist. The executive director of Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos for research programs and science, Alexander Bloshenko said: "On the list of Millimetron’s most remarkable and thrilling tasks will be to probe into the early…

28.05.2020

First Astronauts to be Launched to ISS from US Since 2011

On 27 May 2020, NASA and Space X are set to launch an American rocket from American soil to…

25.05.2020

MoD to Launch a New Satellite for Missile Warning

Today, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2-1b rocket, carrying a satellite designed to serve as an advance warning of missile attacks. Soyuz lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at about 10:46 Moscow Time, beginning a multi-hour mission to deliver the Tundra No.4 satellite into an elliptical Molniya orbit. This launch puts the fourth Tundra…

22.05.2020

US Launches an Autonomous Reusable Spaceplane

United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched yesterday, May 17, an Atlas 5 rocket carrying the U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane. X-37B is an autonomous reusable spaceplane sent to low Earth orbit for long missions that can last up to two years. The X-37B is made by Boeing, and this is its sixth mission. The spaceplane in…

18.05.2020

Could the Moon Bring Russia the US to a Meeting Point?

Deputy General Director for International Cooperation at Roscosmos, Sergey Saveliev, said that ambitious projects connected with Moon colonisation could become a major factor of interaction between Russia and the US during these difficult times. "I regret that the recent years have seen direct communication channels between Roscosmos and NASA deteriorate significantly. Instead of discussing dozens of projects of mutual interest everything…

18.05.2020

Iran to Put a Satellite into Geostationary Orbit

Iran is planning to increase the orbital altitude of its military satellite in the coming years to reach a geosynchronous equatorial orbit of 36,000 kilometres, said an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Command official said. Brigadier General Ali Jafarzadeh, an IRGC commander, said that the importance of this orbital altitude (geostationary-orbit) comes from the fact that it…

15.05.2020

NASA Purchases a Soyus MS Seat from Roscosmos

A US astronaut now has a Soyuz MS seat in the Autumn of 2020 based on a contract that has been signed between Roscosmos, the Russian State Space Corporation, and NASA, the American Nationaal Aeronautics and Space Administration. TASS published a quote from the press service of Roscosmos saying that on 12 May 2020 "a…

13.05.2020

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Russia Sets Up Its BMEWS Basic Space Segment

Ministry of Defence Orders Four Angara Rockets

First Human Spaceflight Launched from US Soil in 9 Years

Space Observatory Will Search for Other Civilisations

First Astronauts to be Launched to ISS from US Since 2011

MoD to Launch a New Satellite for Missile Warning

US Launches an Autonomous Reusable Spaceplane

Could the Moon Bring Russia the US to a Meeting Point?

Iran to Put a Satellite into Geostationary Orbit

NASA Purchases a Soyus MS Seat from Roscosmos

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