The history of the market economy in Russia can be traced back more than a quarter of a century, but the country’s private space sector began to emerge relatively recently: most of the industry players known today joined the market only about 5 years ago.
Read More »Baikonur Modernization For Soyuz-5 Rocket To Begin In 2 Years
RSC Energia, the Progress Rocket Space Centre, and the NPO Energomash were reported to have started developing the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle.
Read More »Russian Nauka Module To Be Sent To ISS November 2019
Russian multipurpose Nauka (‘Science’) module will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in November 2019.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’ed: A Forgotten Disc. A Path to Peace. by Michelle Hanlon
Nestled inside a protective aluminum shell is a silicon disc about the size of a United States half dollar. Inscribed on this disc are microscopic messages from leaders of 73 nations solicited by Thomas Paine, then head of NASA.
Read More »New Russian Soyuz-5 Rocket Development Begins
Roscosmos is planning to spend more than $963 million to develop the rocket. Subsequently, the project’s scientific and technical developments are to be used in creating the super-heavy lift vehicle Energia-5, which Rogozin mentioned in his message.
Read More »Angara Rocket Production To Start In 2023
The Polyot Production Association in the city of Omsk will begin mass production of Angara launch vehicles in 2022-2023
Read More »Sfera Satellite System Gets Green Light
Dmitry Rogozin has announced the deployment of the Sfera (‘Sphere’) satellite system in 2022 using the Angara A5 heavy-lift launch vehicle.
Read More »Proton Rocket: Still Some Future Ahead
Mikhail Kotov, Russian journalist and space industry expert, talks about Proton and its future in light of the recent announcements about the end of the most popular Russian rocket.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Interviews: Andrea Jaime of Space Generation Advisory Council
The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is carrying out critical work in terms of inspiring and guiding young people that wish to forge careers in the space industry. This support is provided by a dedicated team working at SGAC that are constantly focused on the delivery of the organisation’s vision. Torsten Kriening spoke to Andrea Jaime, former Executive Director of SGAC to find out more about its importance to our future space sector and its work.
Read More »Record-Short Trips to ISS: Any Advantages for Russian Space Program?
On July 10, the 2018 Progress MS-09 (Progress 70 or 70P as identified by NASA) resupply vehicle made history by reaching the International Space Station in the record-short time of only 3 hours and 40 minutes (and two orbits) after launch.
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