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Russia Proposes Launch Of Arktika Space Monitoring Project In 2014Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 17, 2010 The Russian Economic Development Ministry has proposed launching the Arktika (Arctic) satellite system from 2014, the head of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) said on Monday. The system, which is worth around 70 billion rubles ($2.5 billion), will monitor climatic changes and survey energy resources in the Arctic region. "We developed a system that consists of three subsystems, and submitted our proposals to the Economic Development Ministry," Anatoly Perminov said in an interview with Golos R ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 03, 2010Russian defense spending will increase by 60 percent, to more than 2 trillion rubles ($66.3 million) by 2013 from 1.264 trillion ($42 million) in 2010, a leading Russian business daily has said. The Russian government made the relevant decision during a meeting on Thursday. The largest growth is planned for 2013, when the figure will rise by 0.5 trillion rubles ($16.6 million), Vedomosti r ... more  
Sevastopol, Ukraine (RIA Novosti) Jul 29, 2010Three patrol boats of a new project and three submarines of 636 project will be laid up at Russian shipyards for the Black Sea Fleet before the end of 2010, Russian Navy Commander Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky said. "They [the ships] will be included in the Black Sea Fleet," Vysotsky said. "The three submarines of the 636 project have already been laid, and they will be included in submarine f ... more  
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 28, 2010Flight Engineers Fyodor Yurchikhin and Mikhail Kornienko concluded a six-hour, 42-minute spacewalk Tuesday at 6:53 a.m. EDT. The cosmonauts began their spacewalk when they opened the hatches of the Pirs docking compartment at 12:11 a.m. This was the 147th spacewalk overall in support of International Space Station assembly and maintenance. The cosmonauts wore their Russian Orlan spacesuits ... more |
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UK Space Industry Enters A New AgeLondon, UK (SPX) Jul 26, 2010 A new age of co-operation between the UK Space Agency and its Russian and American counterparts has been announced. Space Minister David Willetts revealed the UK has signed new agreements with NASA and the Russian Federal Space Bureau during his first major speech on space at the Farnborough Airshow. Mr Willetts said: "I am delighted to usher in an era of greater co-operation between our nations' space activities. "These historic agreements promise to help us unlock some of the mysteries of ... read more |
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