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Russia to build new space center in Far EastMoscow (XNA) Aug 12, 2011 Russia is planning to build a 250 billion ruble (8.5 billion U.S. dollar) space center in its Far East, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos told a local newspaper Thursday. In an interview with the Kommersant daily, Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin said the design process was underway, including ground infrastructure and technical and launch complexes, for the new center, to be located at Vostochny. He said construction was scheduled to begin this year and end in 2016, with the first ... read more |
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  Launch date set for NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites SSTL has announced that it will launch the NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites on behalf of the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) by a Dnepr launch vehicle from Y ... more | .. |
  Make outer space safe for all Gregory L. Schulte, US deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, recently told reporters that the United States has proposed to establish regular dialogue with China in an effort to cr ... more | .. |
 Russian Spacewalkers to Move Cargo Boom, Deploy Ham Radio Satellite Two Russian cosmonauts will leave the confines of the International Space Station on Aug.3 to move a cargo boom from one airlock to another, install a prototype laser communications system and deplo ... more | .. |
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 Russia to carry out 3 space launches in August Russia's space agency Roscosmos said on Friday it is planning to launch two satellites and a space freighter next month. The Express-AM4 satellite will be launched on August 18 on board a Prot ... more | .. |
  New Russian carrier rockets to the Moon Russia is working on two large-scale space projects simultaneously, including the next generation of the "Soyuz" spaceships and a principally new space system with the Rus-M carrier rocket. The laun ... more | .. |
  Graybiel Lab poised for next chapter of space exploration A 30-year chapter in the history of space travel has ended with the landing of the space shuttle Atlantis, and what comes next is still unknown. But whatever direction the story takes, researchers o ... more | .. |
  US shale gas weakening Russian, Iranian petro-power Rising U.S. natural gas production from shale formations has already played a critical role in weakening Russia's ability to wield an "energy weapon" over its European customers, and this trend will ... more |
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Russia faces intense barrage of drones, shutting down Moscow airports
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  Gilat Provides Turnkey Broadband SatComms for Russian Yakutia Ministry of Finance Gilat has announced that it has been selected by Russian Yakutia Ministry of Finance to provide a full turnkey SkyEdge II broadband satellite network to serve new Ministry of Finance locations acros ... more | .. |
  Russia sends observation satellite into space A Russian Zenith-3M rocket with an observation satellite blasted off early Monday, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. The rocket with Fregat-SB upper stage and Russian astrophysical obse ... more | .. |
 "Space taxi" coming The last Atlantis shuttle which docked with the ISS this week is due to return to Earth on July 21st . From then on, astronauts and cargoes will be delivered to the ISS by Russian Soyuz spaceships. ... more | .. |
 Russia launches 2 foreign satellites into orbit Russia launched early on Saturday a Proton-M rocket carrying a Kazakh and a U.S. communications satellites from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said. "T ... more |
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 Gilat Selected by Synterra to Extend Broadband Telecommunications Gilat Satellite Networks has been selected by Synterra, Russia's national communications carrier, to provide satellite communications equipment for the extension of a broadband network throughout Si ... more | .. |
  STS-135: A Story Of What if Yesterday, at 11:07 a.m. EDT, Commander Chris Ferguson guided Space Shuttle Atlantis into Pressurized Mating Adapter #2 on the International Space Station's (ISS) Harmony node. The two spacecraft we ... more | .. |
 Cosmonaut Kotov: Enjoying International Cooperation in Space Number 100 spaceman Oleg Kotov, a Hero of the Russian Federation, was in London last week to see the photo exhibition put together by Russia's news agency RIA and Britain's Science Photo Library. Th ... more | .. |
  Russia's Progress M-11M readjusts ISS orbit Russia's Progress M-11M space freighter on Friday readjusted the orbit of the International Space Station by 3.5 km, a spokesman for Russia's Mission Control said. "The adjustment was conducte ... more |
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'No life without water': settler attacks threaten West Bank communities
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 Expert's reentry flap endures hot baptism A spacecraft control flap designed for the super-heated hypersonic fall through Earth's atmosphere has come through testing in the world's largest plasma wind tunnel to be ready for its first flight ... more | .. |
  The Russian Defence Market 2011-2021 The Russian defence market is set to expand considerably over the next decade, with the Russian authorities seeking to modernise and improve the capabilities of the Russian armed forces, and to ceme ... more | .. |
 Russia launches Cosmos-series military satellite Russia's Space Forces launched on Monday a Soyuz-U carrier rocket with a Cosmos class military satellite on board, spokesman Lt. Col. Alexey Zolotukhin said. The rocket lifted off from the Ple ... more | .. |
 Nigeria prepares to launch two earth observation satellites Nigeria has concluded plans to launch into orbit two satellites from Russia on July 7, a top government official with the country's National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has said. ... more |
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  Express AM8, AT1 and AT2 programmes are now in full effect Thales Alenia Space has announced the official start of the Express AM8, AT1 and AT2 programs. The tri-partite contract was signed in September 2010 with RSCC (Russian Space Operator) and JSC "ISS - ... more | .. |
 Progress M-11M space freighter launched into orbit A Russian cargo spacecraft undocked from a Soyuz-U carrier rocket and was launched into orbit on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control said. It was sent to the International Space Sta ... more | .. | .. |
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