Russia has completed 100 successful launches of space launch vehicles in a row since October 2018, the country’s space corporation “Roscosmos” reported. It is specified that 46 launches were carried out from the Baikonur cosmodrome, 36 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, 9 each from the Vostochny cosmodrome and from the Guiana Space Center. Of these, 82
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Russian Rocket Launched From Kourou Spaceport With 34 OneWeb Satellites [Video]
Yesterday, on February 10, the Russian carrier rocket Soyuz-STB with 34 satellites of the UK company OneWeb was launched from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. The Russian Soyuz-ST-B carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage launched from the Guiana Space Centre (GCC) on Thursday and successfully launched another batch of 34 OneWeb satellites into
Business | Technology | 01.02.22
Russian Heavy Rocket Mock-Up to Be Tested at Vostochny Cosmodrome in 2023
The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre is creating an electric refuelling model of the Angara-A5 heavy rocket for testing at the Vostochny cosmodrome, as reported by the General Designer Sergey Kuznetsov. The Angara is a family of the latest Russian modular launch vehicles of various payload capacities, created on the basis of universal
Business | Technology | 27.01.22
Russian Ultralight Launch Vehicle Can Be Launched Into Space After 2026
The first tests of an ultralight rocket prototype for launching small satellites into orbit, which the companies participating in the Aeronet-NTI competition are working on, may take place in 2026-2027. This was announced on Thursday, January 27, by the Head of the Aeronet direction of the National Technological Initiative (NTI) for private cosmonautics, Roman Zhits.
Business | Technology | 03.12.21
Russian ‘Angara’ Light Rocket to Be Tested in 2022
Flight tests of the light version of the Angara launch vehicle will resume in the first half of 2022, as stated by the Head of the Roscosmos State Space Corporation Dmitry Rogozin at the EAEU ‘Space Integration’ Business Forum. The Angara is a family of the latest Russian modular launch vehicles of various payload
Russian Rocket Launched to ISS With Meal Packages [Video]
The Russian “Soyuz” carrier rocket with the ‘Progress MS-18’ cargo spaceship was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome. The spaceship is to deliver to the ISS 470 kilogrammes of fuel, 420 litres of drinking water, 40 kilogrammes of air and oxygen in containers, and 1,509 kilogrammes of equipment and materials. Earlier, the space corporation posted
Russian Rocket With OneWeb Satellites Launched From Vostochny Cosmodrome [Video]
A meeting of the State Commission took place at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region. The commission reviewed the readiness of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the Fregat upper stage and 36 OneWeb satellites under Mission 49 and approved its launch at 9.40 am Moscow time today, on October 14, 2021, the press service of
Business | Technology | 12.10.21
Russian Rocket Decorated With Khokhloma Painting
Russian state space corporation (Roscosmos) has applied to the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket, which will launch the Progress MS-18 transport cargo ship into orbit patterns of the Khokhloma decorative painting in honour of the 800th anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod from where the handicraft originated. In connection with the celebration of the 800th anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod
First in History: Russian Cinema Crew Sent to Space [Video]
The Soyuz MS-19 manned spacecraft, carrying cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko, has made an autonomous flight to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It is specified that the Soyuz-2.1a rocket was launched today, on October 5, from the 31st site of Baikonur at 11.55 am Moscow
Russian Rocket With OneWeb Satellites Launched From Baikonur Cosmodrome [Video]
The Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Fregat upper stage and 34 British OneWeb communication satellites launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome, TASS reports, adding a link to the launch broadcast from the official website of the Roscosmos Russian state space corporation. It is noted that it was the hundredth launch for the upper stage and
Business | Technology | 04.08.21
Russia to Create Long-Range Hypersonic Missile
Russia is developing the latest X-95 long-range hypersonic missile, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the Head of the Military Academy of the General Staff, Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky. According to Zarudnitsky, dominance in the aerospace sphere is the most important condition for the successful conduct of military operations, and it can be ensured through
Business | Technology | 09.07.21
Rostec to Develop Parachutes for Reusable Rockets
The Roscosmos state corporation has ordered the preliminary development of parachute systems that could be used to land the reusable stages of reusable missiles, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the General Director of the ‘Technodinamika’ holding which is a part of the ‘Rostec’ state corporation Igor Nasenkov. “Just a month ago, we received a
Japanese Space Tourist Began Preparations in Russia for Flight to ISS
The Japanese, Yusaku Maezawa, announced the start of the preparations for the December flight on the Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier it was reported that in December 2021, two Japanese tourists, a billionaire entrepreneur and art collector, Yusaku Maezawa, and a casting director of the film crew, producer at
