https://spacewatch.global/tag/russian-ministry-of-defence/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/russian-ministry-of-defence/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/spacewatchgl-perspective-did-russia-test-a-weapon-in-space-part-2/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24807&preview=true&preview_id=24807 As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Project Plougshares, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. This is Part 2 of “Did Russia Test a Weapon in Space? What the question and the answer tell us about the security of outer space”, originally published 30 July 2020 in Ploughshares Spotlight, July 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/spacewatchgl-perspective-did-russia-test-a-weapon-in-space-part-1/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24737&preview=true&preview_id=24737 As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Project Plougshares, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. This is Part 1 of “Did Russia Test a Weapon in Space? What the question and the answer tell us about the security of outer space”, originally published 30 July 2020 in Ploughshares Spotlight, July 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/soyuz-rocket-launches-russian-military-satellite-after-one-month-delay/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 06:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19753 A Russian military communications satellite rode a Soyuz rocket and Fregat upper stage on 20 February 2020 into an orbit stretching nearly 25,000 miles (40,000 kilometers) above Earth, successfully launching after a one-month delay to replace a suspect third stage on the Soyuz booster.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/russian-military-space-rokot-launches-three-strela-3m-communications-satellites/ Mon, 03 Dec 2018 06:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11696 The Russian military successfully launched three Strela-3M communications satellites on 30 November 2018 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northwest Russia, according to reports from TASS, the Russian state news agency.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/russias-general-gerasimov-talks-future-war-satellites-counterspace-play-big-role/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 04:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8269 The Russian Chief of the General Staff and First Deputy Defence Minister of Russia, General Valeriy Gerasimov, gave a speech on his conception of future warfare to the Military Academy of the General Staff on 24 March 2018, in which the military uses of space features prominently.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/issues-challenges-russian-space-industry-part/ Thu, 22 Mar 2018 05:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7903 In part one 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. This first part explains how the country that used to be first so many times when it comes to space exploration has reached its current state.]]>