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Baikonur Space Center Marks 55th AnniversaryMoscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 15, 2010 On February 12, 1955, the first military construction units arrived at Tyura-Tam railroad siding (station) to launch the construction of a new missile test range - Scientific-Research Test Range No. 5 of the Soviet Defense Ministry (NIIP-5), currently known as the Baikonur Space Center. The need for a new test range became evident after the Soviet Union began to develop its own intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The Kapustin Yar test range near Astrakhan, southern Russia, was located in ... read more |
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Astana, Kazakhstan (RIA Novosti) Feb 04, 2010Kazakhstan will not name Russia as a privileged supplier of satellites and will announce international tenders after the launch of its KazSat-2, the head of the Kazakh space agency said on Tuesday. Kazakhstan launched its first satellite, KazSat-1, in June 2006; however, its control systems failed last June. Astana is set to launch KazSat-2 in December 2010. "KazSat-2 will be made at ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jan 29, 2010Russia launched on Thursday a Proton-M rocket carrying a military satellite on board from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Defense Ministry said. "A Proton-M heavy carrier rocket with a military satellite on board was successfully launched at 03.18 Moscow time [00.18 GMT] on Thursday from the Baikonur space center," Lt. Col. Alexei Zolotukhin, a spokesman for the Defense Minist ... more  
Bangalore, India (PTI) Jan 29, 2010Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chief K. Radhakrishnan on Wednesday said the configuration for the new moon mission 'Chandrayaan-2' is being finalized and added that it would be launched by 2013. Chandrayaan-2, which will be a joint effort between ISRO and Russia, will consist of a lander and a rover for a soft land on moon. The rover will move on the surface of the moon an ... more |
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Cosmonauts Earn 150000 Dollars A MissionMoscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 22, 2010 Russian cosmonauts receive up to $150,000 for a mission on board the International Space Station (ISS), a senior space official said Thursday. "For six months of work on the ISS, a Russian cosmonaut gets an equivalent of $130,000-150,000 in Russian currency," Vladimir Solovyev said, head of the Russian segment of the ISS. Solovyev admitted that the cosmonauts' work in orbit is difficult, in both professional and health terms. It involves maintaining the station and conducting scien ... read more |
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