https://spacewatch.global/tag/rsc-energia/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 25 Feb 2019 06:00:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/rsc-energia/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/egypts-egyptsat-a-successfully-launched-by-russia-despite-slight-launch-issue/ Mon, 25 Feb 2019 06:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12852 Egypt’s latest high-resolution Earth observation satellite, EGYPTSAT-A, was successfully launched on board a Soyuz launch vehicle with a Fregat upper stage from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan late on 21 February 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/egyptsat-a-eo-satellite-to-be-launched-by-russia-in-december-2018/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 05:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10680 Russia will launch the EgyptSat-A Earth observation satellite on a Soyuz-2.1B space launch vehicle on 27 December 2018, according to Russian press reports.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/angola-using-satcom-capacity-paid-for-by-russia-as-compensation-for-angosat-1-failure/ Thu, 27 Sep 2018 05:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10564 Angola's National Space Programme Management Office (GGPEN) has revealed that it is using capacity on third-party communications satellites paid for by Russia as part of a compensation package for the failure in orbit of AngoSat-1 four months after its launch in late 2017, according to a report in the French-language technology news service Agence Ecofin.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/rocket-and-space-corporation-energia-started-angosat-2-development/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 05:26:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10250 The AngoSat-2 satellite is to be developed by Russia for Angola to replace the failed AngoSat-1 satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/egypts-egyptsat-a-reconnaissance-satellite-set-to-be-launched-from-russia-in-november-2018/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 05:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10243 The EgyptSat-A, also known as MisrSat-A, high-resolution Earth observation satellite is due to be launched by Russia in November 2018, just as the threat to Egypt's borders and unrest in the Sinai Peninsula is becoming more acute.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/06/angola-hopes-two-times-trick-russia-angosat-2/ Tue, 19 Jun 2018 04:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9005 After the failure of Angosat-1 shortly after its launch late last year, Angola is again partnering with Russia to build and launch Angosat-2 by 2020. Angola’s first communications satellite, Angosat-1, failed shortly after reaching orbit. It was launched in December 2017 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on board a Zenit 3F rocket. Russia’s RSC Energia, a subsidiary of the state-run space industry player Roscosmos, built the satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/angosat-1-confirmed-dead/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 05:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8454 The first ever Angolan satellite to be launched is no longer operational. Confirmation of the news came via a press conference in Luanda with the Angolan Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technologies, Jose Carvalho da Rocha.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/commercial-alternatives-issues-challenges-russian-space-industry-part-iii/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 04:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7925 In part three of a three-part feature, Vitaly Egorov describes Russia’s modern posture in space and the challenges and possible ways of development of the national space industry. In this third and final part, Vitaly looks at how commercial alternatives can help fulfill Russia's space ambitions and honour its heritage. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/12/angosat-1-re-establishes-contact/ Sun, 31 Dec 2017 05:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6862 This content is for members only. 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