Andrey Potapov is an alumnus of the economic faculty of the Moscow State University and a former employee of Scanex. He was also director general of a pioneering Russian satellite manufacturer Sputnix.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Interviews: Denis Malygin of Laboratory ‘Astronomikon’
The Saint-Petersburg-based lab Astronomikon has grown out of a student nanosatellite project. We talked about the lab’s work on the commercial level.
Read More »Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Started AngoSat-2 Development
The AngoSat-2 satellite is to be developed by Russia for Angola to replace the failed AngoSat-1 satellite.
Read More »Leak On ISS Contained
An air leak alert at the International Space Station was registered by the ground crews at about 2:00 am on Thursday, August 30.
Read More »Khrunichev Space Center Signed Contracts For 12 Angara Rockets
The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has signed contracts for the production of 12 Angara-A5 heavy-lift launch vehicles.
Read More »Next Commercial Proton Launch Is Scheduled For March, 2019
The Proton rocket with non-Russian satellites is scheduled to take place in March 2019. The Eutelsat-5West and MEV-1 satellites will be put into orbit.
Read More »Sea Launch: Does The Platform Have A Future?
It was reported that S7 Space was ready to order up to 50 rockets from Roscosmos with an option for another 35 if Soyuz-5 met the company's requirements. However, as the general director of S7 Space Sergey Sopov pointed out, the Russian government had lost interest in his company immediately after the deal had been closed.
Read More »Khrunichev Space Center Is Developing Rokot-2 Launch Vehicle
Russia is developing the Rokot-2 launch vehicle with a new control system. The project was first announced by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center in March this year.
Read More »NASA Astronauts To Stop Flying On Russian Soyuz In Fall 2019
According to the International Space Station Flight Schedule, U.S. astronauts will no longer be launched on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft in the fall of 2019.
Read More »Proton-M Rocket’s Price Is To Double
The upcoming decline in the production of Proton-M rockets will increase their cost by 2 or 2.5 times.
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