Dmitry Rogozin, General Director of the Roscosmos State Corporation, has announced that a decision has been made to start the deployment of the Sfera (‘Sphere’) satellite system in 2022 using the Angara A5 heavy-lift launch vehicle. There are plans to launch 640 small satellites to provide comprehensive services for communication, …
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Dmitry Rogozin’s recent announcement of the end of the Proton program caused quite a lot of controversy. People started talking about the Proton era coming to a close, about Russia being left only with the Angara rocket to rely on and how the last commercially successful rocket had been done …
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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. …
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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. Unfortunately, that remarkably short ride failed to make headlines …
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The scientific and educational satellites SiriusSat-1 and SiriusSat-2 were assembled by schoolchildren at the center for gifted education Sirius in the city of Sochi in cooperation with the specialists of the Russian private space company SPUTNIX on the basis of the cubesat OrbiCaft-Pro nanosatellite platform developed by the company. The …
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GK Launch Services and Lavochkin Research and Production Association have signed an agreement on the Fregat upper stage production, its adaptation to the launch vehicle and its delivery to the Baikonur cosmodrome. The upper stage will be used in the first commercial mission of GK Launch Services to launch the …
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On May 30-31, 2018 the annual Arctic15 event dedicated to establishing links between startups, corporations and investors was held in Helsinki, Finland. Every summer the capital of Finland welcomes attendees of Arctic15, the largest matchmaking event for young startups. This time, 1500-2000 people and 15 startups in various fields, from …
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By Dr. Michael K. Simpson The good, the bad, the great, and the ugly were all on display as the United Nations community gathered in Vienna last month to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first UN space policy conference. Dubbed UNISPACE+50, the celebration commemorated UNISPACE I, a conference that …
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The Russian commercial space company CosmoCours has selected NPO Avtomatiki to develop the control system for its suborbital complex currently under development. The Yekaterinburg-based NPO Avtomatiki (the State Enterprise Scientific Production Association Of Automation) is a Roscosmos subsidiary. It is a leader in the development and production of electronic control …
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The Yuzhnoye Design Office and the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine signed an agreement on scientific and technological as well as educational cooperation. The goal of the agreement is a business partnership and joint development of the scientific and innovation potential of both Yuzhnoye and the Academy. The agreement provides …
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