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Russia Wants To Follow US Lead In Private Funding Of SpaceMoscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 30, 2010 Russia wants to encourage private companies to invest in space exploration, the head of the country's space agency said on Thursday. "Manned space systems have become rather expensive and private investment should be attracted more actively, like it is in the United States," Roscosmos head Anatoly Perminov said. He said Russia had not seen the expansion of private investment into space exploration witnessed in the Unites States because Russian companies were not willing to invest in projects ... read more |
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New Delhi, India (SPX) Apr 21, 2010India will temporarily go back to using Russian-produced space equipment after its indigenous GSLV rocket failed, a spokesman for Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said on Friday. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV D3, fell into the Bay of Bengal 304 seconds after liftoff as its cryogenic engine failed to perform. The rocket tumbled, lost altitude and finally splashe ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Apr 21, 2010Russia could build a satellite for the detection and tracking of submarines from space, a defense industry spokesman said on Thursday. Vladimir Boldyrev, of the Kosmonit science and technology center, said the group had developed a space satellite module that could carry out remote sensing of the sea and "detect submerged submarines." "Hopefully, it will be tested in space as early a ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Apr 21, 2010Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov on Tuesday confirmed plans to launch a Soyuz carrier rocket from the Kourou space center in French Guiana later this year. The launches have repeatedly been postponed, with the latest deadline set for April 2010. "This year, I hope, a milestone rocket and space industry event will take place: a modernized Soyuz carrier rocket will blast off ... more |
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Russia Launches Military Satellite Using Soyuz-U Carrier RocketPlesetsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Apr 20, 2010 Russia on Friday launched a military satellite, the Defense Ministry said. Spokesman Alexei Zolotukhin said a Soyuz-U carrier rocket with the satellite lifted off at 7:00 p.m. Moscow time (15:00 GMT) from the Plesetsk space center in northwest Russia. He added that it was the first military satellite launch so far this year. Russia reportedly operates a constellation of 60-70 military satellites with reconnaissance, missile early warning and other capabilities. Military officials earli ... read more |
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