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Russia Loses New Military SatelliteMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 03, 2011 Russia has most likely lost a new dual-purpose geodesic satellite after it failed to reach a designated circular orbit 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) above Earth. The GEO-IK-2 satellite, designed to create a detailed three-dimensional map of the Earth and help the Russian military to locate the precise positions of various targets, was launched Tuesday on board a Rockot carrier rocket from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia. The spacecraft failed to communicate with Russia's Ground C ... read more |
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  Russia To Stay In Kazakh Cosmodrome For Economic Reasons Russia will never leave the Baikonur cosmodrome rented in Kazakhstan, even upon the completion of its new Vostochny space launch site, the head of Russia's Space agency Roskosmos said on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Second Sun May Appear At Any Moment Scientists claim that Betelgeuse, a star 640 light years away from Earth, is going to explode soon. Nikolai Chugai, head of the department of Variable Stars and Astronomical Spectroscopy of the Russ ... more | .. |
  Russian Space Freighter Progress M-09M Docks With ISS A Russian cargo spacecraft, Progress M-09M, docked on Sunday with the International Space Station (ISS). A Soyuz-U booster rocket carrying the spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur space ce ... more | .. |
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  ISRO Awaits Data On GSLV Failure The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is awaiting data analysis from Russia, who supplied the cryogenic engine, to finalise its report on the failure of the GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite La ... more | .. |
 Russian Answer To US Reusable Robotic Spacecraft In The Offing Russian researchers are working on an unmanned spacecraft similar to the U.S. Boeing X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle, Space Troops chief Oleg Ostapenko said on Thursday. He said, however, it was not ... more | .. |
 Russian Space Programs Underfunded Russia is not in a position to carry out global space programs single-handedly and should team up with India and Kazakhstan, veteran rocket scientist Boris Chertok said on Tuesday. He said Rus ... more | .. |
  Russian Astronomers Predict Apophis-Earth Collision In 2036 Russian astronomers have predicted that asteroid Apophis may strike Earth on April 13, 2036. "Apophis will approach Earth at a distance of 37,000-38,000 kilometers on April 13, 2029. Its likel ... more |
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  Russia To Launch New Batch Of Glonass Satellites By June Russia will launch another three Glonass-M satellites on board a Proton heavy carrier rocket later this year to complete the orbiting Glonass grouping, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos sa ... more | .. |
 Russia Plans To Build Carrier Rocket For Mars Missions Russia's Khrunichev research center plans to develop a new super-heavy carrier rocket that will be used to launch piloted spacecraft to Mars. "The super-heavy carrier rocket will be based on t ... more | .. |
  DLR Researchers Simulate The Martian Atmosphere To support the European ExoMars Mission to explore the Red Planet, an international project is being launched on 20 January 2011 with the aim of simulating the entry of spacecraft into the martian a ... more | .. |
 Russia's Spaceship Debris Slump Into Pacific Ocean The Russian space cargo ship Progress M-08M left orbit and fell into the Pacific Monday after three month of work at the International Space Station (ISS), reported the Mission Control Center outsid ... more |
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 Chinese Astronaut Performs Well In Mars-500 Project A Chinese participant has performed well in the Mars-500 project, a simulated space flight to Mars, the project's chief said Friday here. Boris Morukov, who is also deputy director of the Medi ... more | .. |
 Cosmonauts Perform 27th Russian ISS Spacewalk Two Russian cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Jan. 21 to complete installation of a new high-speed data transmission system, remove an old plasma pulse experiment, insta ... more | .. |
 ISS Resupply From Four Corners Of Globe A quick succession of international space supply trucks will arrive on the International Space Station's loading docks early in 2011, dropping off more than 11 tons (10,000 kilograms) of food, compu ... more | .. |
  Russia Launches Meteorological Satellite Russia launched on Thursday a Zenit-3SB rocket carrying a meteorological satellite from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said. "The launch was carried ... more |
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Airbus CO3D satellites begin mission to generate high precision global 3D map
NASA teams with India to launch Earth-tracking satellite
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 The Orion Nebula: Still Full Of Surprises This ethereal-looking image of the Orion Nebula was captured using the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This nebula is much more than just a p ... more | .. |
 Cosmonauts To Perform 27th Russian ISS Spacewalk Two Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Jan. 21 to complete installation of a new high-speed data transmission system, remove an old plasma pulse experiment, i ... more | .. |
  Oil Giant Plans New Platform Near Feeding Ground Of Critically Endangered Whale Sakhalin Energy Investment Company - part owned by Shell - has announced plans to build a major oil platform near crucial feeding habitat of the Western North Pacific gray whale population. On ... more | .. |
 Kazakhstan Ratifies Space Cooperation Agreement With Russia Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed into law the ratification of a Russian-Kazakh space cooperation agreement, the government press service said on Monday. The intergovernmental a ... more |
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 Russia To Launch Ocean Satellite In March Russia will launch an oceanography satellite in March to keep track of a vast amount of data that will help improve weather, climate and ocean forecasts, a Russian scientist said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Radiometer Finds Sources Of Fire Forest fires usually spread out of control very quickly. Fires that produce a lot of smoke are particularly challenging for the emergency services, because the source of the fire is then especially ... more | .. |
  Space Adventures Signs Three Seat Soyuz Deal For 2013 Manifest Space Adventures has reached an agreement with the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (FSA) and Rocket Space Corporation Energia (RSC Energia) to commercially offer three seats on the So ... more | .. |
  Russian Firm Builds Another Aerostat System For China Russia's Augur-RosAeroSystems will finish in 2011 the construction of a third large-size tethered aerostat under a contract with a Chinese firm, the company's president said. The Puma aerostat ... more |
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  Russian Air Force To Receive Up To 100 Sukhoi Fighter Jets By 2015 The Russian Air Force will receive up to 100 Sukhoi fighter jets by 2015, the Defense Ministry spokesman said on Sunday. Three state contracts with the Sukhoi design bureau on the supply of th ... more | .. |
  Russian Missile Maker To Build Two Plants, Expand Exports Russia's Almaz-Antei conglomerate will receive a government loan to build two new production facilities to expand the export of missile defense systems, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on W ... more | .. |
 Russia To Launch 50 ComSats Over Next Five Years Russia plans to launch five Glonass communication satellites in 2011 and 48 more later to create a Cosmonaut information highway, local media reported Wednesday. There are 20 of 26 Glonass sat ... more | .. |
  Russia To Develop New Heavy ICBM By 2020 Russia's state arms procurement program through 2020 provides for the development of a new heavy ballistic missile, a leading missile designer said on Monday. The final decision should be made ... more |
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 Semisopochnoi Island It is the "Island of the Seven Mountains, " or more precisely in Russian: "having seven hills." This uninhabited volcanic island is also an important nesting area for maritime birds of the North Pac ... more | .. |
 President Medvedev Sacks Space Officials Over Satellite Loss Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed two senior space industry officials and reprimanded the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, Anatoly Perminov on Wednesday over the recent loss of thr ... more | .. |
 Russia's Mission Control To Readjust ISS Orbit Russia's Mission Control is preparing to adjust the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday by raising it 4.2 kilometers (2.6 miles). The readjustment is necessary to ensur ... more | .. |
  Indian And Russian Scientists Discuss Rocket Launch Delay Indian and Russian space scientists are discussing the remedial measures that need to be taken after a leak was detected in the cryogenic engine of a rocket that was to place an advanced communicati ... more |
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