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 Baikonur, Kazakhstan (RIA Novosti) Nov 10, 2009 
Russia's space corporation Energia is doubling production of manned spacecraft, Energia's president said on Monday. Vitaly Lopota said production of space freighters would increase by 50%. He did not say what the current production levels were or how many spacecraft would be built. Nor did he offer a timeframe. Lopota also said Russia had an "insignificant share" of the world's $300 ... read more 
St. Petersburg, Germany (SPX) Nov 09, 2009The first two Soyuz launchers have left Russia for the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana (northern part of South America). The legendary Russian launcher will lift off from its new launch pad, now being completed at Kourou, for the first time in 2010. The two Soyuz launchers left St. Petersburg aboard the MN Colibri, which is one of two ships used by Arianespace to transport ... more
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Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Nov 05, 2009Russian Helicopters showcased its firefighting rotorcraft at the international airspace supply fair AIRTEC 2009 in Frankfurt. The recent certification by EASA of the multi-role Ka-32A11BC, also used in firefighting missions, makes it an attractive option for commercial operators in the EU. It can now be employed by both EU state authorities and private helicopter companies. Russian-made ... more  
Plesetsk, Russia (ESA) Nov 02, 2009The second satellite in ESA's Earth Explorer series-the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission-and the second demonstration satellite under ESA's Project for Onboard Autonomy (Proba-2) were launched into orbit last night from northern Russia. SMOS will play a key role in the monitoring of climate change on a global scale. It is the first ever satellite designed both to map sea sur ... more 
Paris, France (ESA) Nov 02, 2009The Russian State Commission has given the go-ahead to fuel the Rockot launcher that will take ESA's SMOS and Proba-2 satellites into orbit. This formal authorisation confirms that launch can take place on 2 November at 02:50 CET (01:50 UT). The go-ahead to fuel follows the launch dress rehearsal, which took place in the Mission Control Centre near the Plesetsk launch site on 28 October. ... more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 16, 2009Russia will spend an estimated 400 billion rubles ($13.5 billion) on the construction of the new Vostochny space center in its Far Eastern Amur Region, federal space agency Roscosmos said on Thursday. Russia currently uses two launch sites for space carrier rockets and ballistic missiles tests: the Baikonur space center in the Central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan, which it has leased since ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 16, 2009Russia has launched the Progress M-03M cargo spaceship to the International Space Station from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a Mission Control official said Thursday. "The launch took place without trouble. The freighter is to dock with the ISS in an automatic mode at 05:41 Moscow time [01:41 GMT] Sunday," the official said. The space freighter, the third of Russia's new ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 14, 2009Russia's federal space agency has started work to design a new carrier rocket to orbit manned flights from a new space center in the country's Far East, the head of the agency said on Tuesday. Roscosmos's Anatoly Perminov said priority would be given to the rocket's reliability and safety, including crew evacuation at any stage of the flight. He said the new rocket would be used as ... more |
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