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Russia’s Glavkosmos to Promote Soyuz Commercial Flights on US Market Jointly With ILS

Glavkosmos (part of Roscosmos) will promote commercial flights aboard Soyuz manned spacecraft jointly with the US-based International Launch Services, Inc. (ILS, a subsidiary of the Khrunichev Space Center), Glavkosmos CEO Dmitry Loskutov said on Thursday. ILS earlier obtained permission from the US Department of State for promoting the services for the launch of Soyuz carrier…

16.03.2020

Russia, Belarus to Launch New Jointly Developed Satellite in 2025

The launch of a new Russian-Belarusian satellite is scheduled for 2025, Director of GeoInformation Systems at Belarus’ National Academy of Sciences Sergei Zolotoi said in an interview with the newspaper SB. Belarus Segodnya published on Friday, 13-th of March. «There are plans to approve the conceptual design by the end of April, after which we will…

16.03.2020

Russia Completes Firing Tests of Propulsion Unit For ExoMars Lander

The propulsion unit of the ExoMars lander module has passed firing tests, the Lavochkin Research and Production Association said in a statement on Tuesday. «As part of implementing the ExoMars international project, the firing tests of the propulsion unit of the ExoMars spacecraft’s lander were completed on February 27, 2020,» the statement runs. According to…

06.03.2020

Russian Medium And Heavy Rockets To Be Used To Deliver Cargo To The Moon

Beside super-heavy rockets, medium-and heavy-class launch vehicles would be used to deliver cargo to the Moon, says Energia Rocket and Space Corporation CEO Nikolay Sevastyanov. According to the CEO, the Oryol crewed spacecraft would be launched using super-heavy rockets. The lunar takeoff and landing complex and lunar orbital station modules would also require super-heavy launch vehicles.…

03.03.2020

Russia Launches Soyuz Rocket With Meridian-M Military Satellite

Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a Meridian-M military communications satellite has blasted off from the Plesetsk spaceport, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Thursday. «At 11:24 a.m. Moscow time on Thursday, February 20, a combat team of the Aerospace Force’s Space Troops successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1a medium carrier rocket with a Meridian-M satellite from launch pad No.…

20.02.2020

Indian Candidates For a Human Spaceflight Start Training In Russia

This Monday Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) started the planned training program of Indian candidates for a spaceflight under the contract between Glavkosmos, JSC (part of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos) and the Human Spaceflight Centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). After thorough selection, the four Indian Air Force fighter…

11.02.2020

Roscosmos: First Russian Nuclear Space Tug Set For Launch In 2030

A space tug, equipped with a megawatt class nuclear engine is scheduled to be launched in 2030, according to a presentation by Roscosmos First Deputy Director General Yuri Urlichich, displayed at the 44th Korolev Academic Space Conference. «The launch of a nuclear-powered spacecraft, and flight tests (2030),» the presentation reads. After 2030, the nuclear-propelled space…

31.01.2020

ExoMars-2020 aerodynamic shield flight sample delivered to ESA

ExoMars-2020 aerodynamic shield flight sample delivered from NPO Lavochkin (part of Roscosmos) to Thales Alenia Space (Cannes, France). The TASinF specialists unpacked the shield, cleaned and placed it in the clean area ISO7, performed all the necessary equipment checks. At the moment, preparatory works to install the aerodynamic shield are underway to conduct further joint…

28.01.2020

Kazakhstan Agrees To Make Baiterek Space Complex Unmanned

Kazakhstan backs Russia’s proposal for unmanned launches at the future Baiterek missile complex at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, says Askar Zhumagaliyev, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry. The minister explained that, «’unmanned’ means that cosmonauts will not go into space from this launch site, there will be no pilots.» «This complex was supposed to…

23.01.2020

Russia’s New Super-Heavy Carrier Rocket To Be Cheaper Than US Space Launch System

Russia’s new super-heavy carrier rocket Yenisei will be cheaper than the US Space Launch System (SLS), Head of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin wrote on his Twitter on Friday. «Our super-heavy rocket will cost considerably less than the American SLS but it is necessary to lay groundwork already today for the solutions that will make…

20.01.2020

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Russia’s Glavkosmos to Promote Soyuz Commercial Flights on US Market Jointly With ILS

Russia, Belarus to Launch New Jointly Developed Satellite in 2025

Russia Completes Firing Tests of Propulsion Unit For ExoMars Lander

Russian Medium And Heavy Rockets To Be Used To Deliver Cargo To The Moon

Russia Launches Soyuz Rocket With Meridian-M Military Satellite

Indian Candidates For a Human Spaceflight Start Training In Russia

Roscosmos: First Russian Nuclear Space Tug Set For Launch In 2030

ExoMars-2020 aerodynamic shield flight sample delivered to ESA

Kazakhstan Agrees To Make Baiterek Space Complex Unmanned

Russia’s New Super-Heavy Carrier Rocket To Be Cheaper Than US Space Launch System

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