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![]() Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 01, 2010 A Russian cargo spacecraft, Progress M-06M, lifted off toward the International Space Station at 19:35 Moscow time [15:35 GMT] on Wednesday, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. It was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz-U booster rocket. It separated 10 minutes later and successfully entered the designated orbit. The space freighter will deliver fuel, oxygen, scientific equipment and video and photo equipment to the ISS, as well as food, water and personal i ... read more |
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German Radar Satellite TanDEM-X Launched Successfully![]() Germany's second Earth observation satellite, TanDEM-X, was launched successfully on 21 June 2010 at 04:14 Central European Summer Time (CEST, at 08:14 local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Atop a Russian Dnepr rocket, the satellite, weighing more than 1.3 tons and five metres in length, started its journey into orbit. At 4.45 CEST first signal was received via Troll grou ... more Russia To Adopt Single Military/Civilian Shipbuilding Program ![]() An integrated military and civilian shipbuilding program will soon be adopted in Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday. "Last week...I ordered a single program for the development of military and civilian shipbuilding to be drawn up. It will be approved soon," he said during the floating-out ceremony for a new nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine. Medvedev said o ... more Russia's 5G Fighter '3 Times Cheaper Than Foreign Analogs' ![]() Russia's fifth generation fighter will be about three times as cheap as its foreign analog, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. He observed the test flight of a prototype fighter and later talked to the pilot, Sergei Bogdan. "It will be a machine superior to our main competitor, the F-22, in maneuverability, armament and range," Putin said. "Also in morale," ... more |
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![]() Yasny, Russia (SPX) Jun 16, 2010 The Swedish Prisma satellites have been successfully launched aboard a Dnepr launcher from Yasny, Russia at 14.42 UTC. Sixteen minutes after launch, the two Prisma satellites were released, clamped together in launch configuration. The mission control center of the Swedish Space Corporation had its first contact with Prisma 16.14 UTC. The operations team could verify that the solar array panels had been deployed as planned and that the satellites are in a nominal state. During the coming day ... read more |
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