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August 20, 2012
RUSSIAN SPACE
Russian Space Official Resigns After Satellite Failure
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 17, 2012
The head of a top Russian rocket company handed in his notice on Wednesday, a day after Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev reprimanded space officials over a failed satellite launch last month, a government source said. The resignation of Vladimir Nesterov, head of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center in Moscow, is being processed, the source said. Speaking at a meeting with top space officials on Tuesday, Medvedev said a string of recent space failures tarnished Russia's im ... read more

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RUSSIAN SPACE

Space problems call for systemic solutions
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has given Russia's Roscosmos space agency and the government a month to submit proposals on how to improve the agency's work following a string of latest launch failur ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russian PM orders end to space industry problems
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday ordered the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos to sort out its problems. "You will from now on report on the current situation, including the prac ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY

Evidence further suggests extra-terrestrial origin of quasicrystals
Results from an expedition to far eastern Russia that set out to find the origin of naturally occurring quasicrystals have provided convincing evidence that they arrived on Earth from outer space. ... more
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TECH SPACE

Contact established with wayward Russian satellite
Contact had been established with one of two off-course telecom satellites but it would not be possible to direct it to the designated orbit, its manufacturer said Monday. Telemetric data show ... more
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STATION NEWS

New Way of Turning Station Offers Fuel Savings on Orbit
The launch of the 48th Progress resupply vehicle to the International Space Station marked two technical firsts for station operations: it was the first same-day rendezvous and docking of a spacecra ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE

Medvedev to Name and Shame Failed Satellite Launch Officials
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday he will name officials responsible for Monday's failed satellite launch next week. "I would like to hold a meeting on this next week. It will ... more
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TECH SPACE

Wayward Satellites to Orbit for Months - Space Source
Russia's Briz-M booster, which failed to put two satellites into their target orbit, is likely to keep flying in space for up to five months before sinking into the thicker layers of the atmosphere, ... more
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Planet secures 240 million euro satellite services contract with German government
Sceye secures SoftBank backing to launch HAPS connectivity services in Japan
Khamenei seen publicly for first time since end of war with Israel
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RUSSIAN SPACE

As Curiosity Explores Mars, Russia's Spacemen Take Stock
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2012 The United States has successfully launched its fourth surface rover to Mars in 16 years. Russia, on the other hand, recently endured the painful failure of the Ph ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Space Agency Chief Denies Staff Changes after Proton Failure
Vladimir Popovkin, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, on Tuesday denied staff changes in the agency following Monday's loss of two telecommunications satellites. "Statements by unnam ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Proton Launch Failure
Russia left two communications satellites, the Indonesian Telkom 3 and its own Express-MD2, stranded in the wrong orbit after a perfect lift off for a Proton-M/Briz-M rocket. Launch at 19:31 UTC was ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russian cosmonaut squad adds up seven new members
The Russian cosmonaut squad is going to accept seven more members, the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center said Thursday. The seven candidates, all male, successfully passed state exams on July ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russia, UK Discussing Space Projects - Putin
Russia and Britain are discussing a number of space projects, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. "We plan to launch several British satellites," Putin said while summing up his short visit t ... more
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MOON DAILY

Roscosmos Announces Tender for Moon Rocket Design
The Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced a ten-million ruble ($300,000) tender on Thursday to develop a blueprint of a heavy rocket-carrier that would be capable of carrying manned spacecraft ... more
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STATION NEWS

Russia Launches Space Freighter to Orbital Station
Russia's Progress class space freighter automatically docked with the International Space Station just six hours after blasting off from Earth, a spokesman for the Mission Control said on Thursday. ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russian Space Freighter Departs From ISS
Russian Progress M-15M cargo spacecraft undocked early on Tuesday from the International Space Station (ISS) to depart on a three-week scientific mission before being buried in the Pacific. "T ... more
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SPACEWAR

Russia Launches Cluster of Four Satellites
Russia's Space Forces launched early on Saturday a Rokot carrier rocket with a Cosmos class military satellite and three civilian satellites on board, spokesman Col. Alexey Zolotukhin said. The Roko ... more
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LAUNCH PAD

Checkout begins with the Fregat upper stage for Arianespace's third Soyuz mission from French Guiana
The Fregat upper stage for Arianespace's third Soyuz mission from French Guiana is now undergoing pre-launch verifications in preparation for a flight in the second half of 2012 that will carry anot ... more
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STATION NEWS

Another Progress Freighter Re-Docking Attempt Set for July 29
Another attempt to re-dock the Russian Progress M-15M space freighter to the International Space Station (ISS) will be made on Sunday, July 29, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control Center sai ... more
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MOON DAILY

Russia starts building Moon spaceship, eyes Lunar base
Russia has started building a spacecraft for manned Lunar missions with the first test scheduled in 2015, the project developer said Thursday. "The work has already started. The unmanned tests are s ... more
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MICROSAT BLITZ

German TET-1 small satellite launched
On 22 July 2012 at 08:41:39 CEST, the first small German satellite in the 'On-Orbit-Verification' (OOV) programme was carried into orbit from the Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan by a Russian Soyu ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russian space agency considers Jupiter mission
The European Space Agency (ESA) is starting preparations for a mission to Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) project, approved for implementation in 2022, is to explore the giant planet ... more
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MICROSAT BLITZ

Russia Launches Soyuz-FG Rocket with Five Satellites
Russia's Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with a group of five satellites on board has blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a spokesman for the Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Sun ... more
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NUKEWARS

Russia's ground forces to get Iskander-M systems
The Iskander-M tactical missile system that surpasses similar foreign weapons should become the basis of Russia's ground forces, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a conference dedicated ... more
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MARSDAILY

ExoMars program gathers strength
The Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos and the European Space Agency (ESA) are expected to sign an agreement on the implementation of the second stage of the ExoMars program in the fall of 2012. ... more
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STATION NEWS

Russian Space Lab Launch Delayed Again
The launch of Russia's "Nauka" (Science) multirole laboratory module (MLM) for the International Space Station has been set back from the end of this year to the end of next year due to technologica ... more
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AEROSPACE

Russia and Italy to jointly develop patrol aircraft
Russian and Italian engineers will jointly develop a patrol aircraft with extraordinary technical characteristics. Under the project, intellectual systems of communication, navigation and identifica ... more
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SOLAR DAILY

US Lags in Ninth Place on Energy Efficiency Among Top 12 Global Economies
The United Kingdom comes in first in a new energy efficiency ranking of the world's major economies, followed closely by Germany, Japan, and Italy, according to the first-ever International Energy E ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL

Me and My Spacesuit
Our Soyuz spacesuit is named after the Russian word for falcon: (sokol). It serves only one purpose, to keep us alive in the event of a cockpit depressurization. We venture into a place that is devo ... more
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UAV NEWS

Russian drones can see obstacles
Russia may equip its drones with the so-called "technical vision" device that enables them to see and avoid obstacles, detect small-size objects and assess their potential danger. The system was cre ... more
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CIVIL NUCLEAR

90 percent of Megatons to Megawatts complete
Russia and the United States have completed 90% of the volume covered in an agreement on Russia processing highly enriched uranium to supply nuclear power plants in the U.S. according to press state ... more
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RUSSIAN SPACE

Russian Space Firm Suspected of $17 Million Fraud
Russian police have opened a criminal investigation into the alleged misuse of 565 million rubles ($17 million) of state funds set aside for the country's satellite navigation system. The Inte ... more
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