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Russia's Rokot Carrier Rockets To Launch Two ESA SatellitesMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 05, 2010 Russia's Rokot carrier rockets will take two European Space Agency (ESA) scientific satellites to orbit in 2012-2013, the head of the ESA Moscow Office said on Monday. "We have signed contracts for two launches of ESA remote sensing satellites on Russia's Rokot carrier rockets," Rene Pischel said. The first launch will deliver to orbit the SWARM satellite, which will survey the geomagnetic field of the Earth. It is unknown what spacecraft will be conveyed into space on the second Rokot ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 17, 2010Last week, a blog entry appeared on the Internet with photos showing intruders at a Russian air-defense base. A subsequent scandal prompted the Defense Ministry to announce an investigation into the incident and to tighten security. A RIA Novosti commentator visited a battalion of S-300 Favorit (SA-20 Gargoyle) surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems from the Fifth Brigade of the Air-Defense ... more  
Gelendkhik, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 13, 2010Russia's Vega and Ukraine's Motor Sich are discussing the possible delivery of Ukrainian-made engines for Russia's unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Vega CEO Vladimir Verba said on Saturday. "We lagging behind on such vehicles," Verba said. "First of all, there is a shortfall in engines." Motor Sich CEO Vyacheslav Boguslayev confirmed the companies are in talks. "We are discussing iss ... more  
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 15, 2010Russia will fully rebuild its network of weather forecasting and monitoring satellites by 2030 under a state program for the development of meteorology, the government said in a statement on Tuesday. At present, Russia has only one weather satellite, the Meteor-M type, in orbit and mostly uses meteorological data from U.S. and European weather agencies. "The work on rebuilding the na ... more |
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Satellites Reveal Russian Fires Worst In 14 YearsParis, France (SPX) Sep 14, 2010 More wildfires have burned around the Russian capital this year than in the last decade and a half, according to sensors aboard ESA's observation satellites. The forest and peat bog fires ignited this summer amid an unprecedented heat wave of up to 40 degrees C. Working like thermometers in the sky, the Along Track Scanning Radiometer and the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer on ESA's ERS-2 and Envisat satellites measure thermal-infrared radiation to take the temperature of Earth's land sur ... read more |
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