https://spacewatch.global/tag/sputnik/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:30:26 +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/sputnik/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/11/the-space-cafe-podcast-143-with-frank-white/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=69199 Frank White has spent decades unpacking something astronauts struggle to describe — the instant you see Earth not as a place you stand on but as the vessel carrying all of us through space. In this first part, Frank traces the roots of the space age — Sputnik, Apollo, Earthrise — and how those shocks and images rewired our sense of ourselves. He shows how global conflict, national pride, and scientific leaps all converge in that fragile blue sphere rising over the lunar horizon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/quality-control-issues-delay-russian-proton-m-launches/ Wed, 15 Apr 2020 05:00:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21569 Three Proton-M launch vehicles have been returned from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to their manufacturer in Moscow after newly introduced Roscosmos quality control measures found defective components and parts in them.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/russia-attempts-to-shift-blame-to-united-states-over-satellite-inspection-allegations/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 06:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19639 The Russian government has accused the United States of using an allegation that two Russian satellites are stalking a US reconnaissance satellite as an excuse to “fuel an arms race in space,” according to Sputnik, a Russian media outlet.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/spacewatchgl-oped-india-destroys-its-own-satellite-with-a-test-missile-still-says-space-is-for-peace/ Sun, 07 Apr 2019 08:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13370 On March 27, India announced it had successfully conducted an anti-satellite (ASAT) missile test, called “Mission Shakti”. After the United States, Russia and China, India is now the fourth country in the world to have demonstrated this capability.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/02/spacewatchgl-oped-space-junk-are-we-doing-enough/ Sun, 10 Feb 2019 09:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12711 We haven’t looked after our planet, and, in the grand scheme of things, it’s all happened very quickly. The Industrial Revolution may have made life easier for us, but it’s had a devastating impacting on our home]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/russia-positions-its-moon-programme-as-alternative-to-u-s-lunar-orbit-gateway-station/ Thu, 31 Jan 2019 06:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12610 Russia is preparing a national concept for Moon exploration by March 2019, according to the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin. This news comes after the U.S. national space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), put forward its Lunar Gateway project which will see the agency construct a gateway to act as a "single stepping off point in architecture for human cislunar operations, lunar surface operations and missions to Mars."]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/01/russia-sets-out-yenisei-super-heavy-launch-vehicle-timetable-and-budget/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 06:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12366 The head of the Russian Roscosmos state space corporation, Dmitry Rogozin, has approved the timetable and budget for the development of Russia's super-heavy launch vehicle called Yenisei. It is expected that Yenisei will be developed and operational by 2028 at an overall cost of U.S.$15 billion (approximately 1 trillion rubles).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/russia-to-decommission-rokot-slv-and-make-only-one-launch-from-vostochny-in-2019/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 06:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=12035 The last two launches of the Rokot satellite launch vehicle fitted with a Ukrainian-made control system will be carried out in 2019, after which the vehicle will be decommissioned, a source in the Russian space industry told Russian news outlet Sputnik on 18 December 2018.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/12/russias-roscosmos-fires-back-at-barrage-of-criticism-and-whiff-of-scandal/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 06:00:28 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11779 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/2018/11/uae-will-make-annual-astronaut-missions-russia-offers-astronaut-training-to-bahrain-and-saudi-arabia/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 06:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=11405 The UAE Space Agency will continue selecting astronaut candidates in order to create a national astronaut cadre with the aim of sending Emiratis in to orbit annually, Dr. Mohammed Al Ahbabi, the Director General of the agency, said in an interview with Russian news outlet Sputnik.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/russia-may-resume-rokot-2-launches-in-2021-with-russian-made-control-systems/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 05:00:21 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10953 Russian launch provider Eurokot has suggested that its Rokot-2 light launcher could resume service in 2021 now that the launch vehicle uses Russian-made control systems. The last Rokot-2 launch occurred in April 2018 using the last launcher that used Ukrainian-made control systems.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/10/india-and-russia-sign-mou-on-human-spaceflight-training-and-cooperation/ Wed, 10 Oct 2018 05:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10764 A "Memorandum of Understanding between the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the Federal Space Agency of Russia, Roscosmos, on Joint Activities in the field of Human Spaceflight Programme," was signed between India and Russia on 5 October 2018.]]> 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/russia-formally-offers-india-vyomanaut-selection-and-training-assistance/ Tue, 18 Sep 2018 05:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10432 Russia's national space agency, Roscosmos, has formally offered its assistance to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the selection and training of Vyomanauts as part of the Indian government's human spaceflight programme, Gaganyaan.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/bahrain-and-russia-in-talks-to-send-astronauts-into-orbit-roscosmos-mulling-regional-office-in-manama/ Tue, 11 Sep 2018 05:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10343 According to several Bahraini and Russian media sources, the Bahraini and Russian governments are in discussions about possibly sending candidates from the small Persian Gulf island to Russia for astronaut training and launch into Earth orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/india-looks-to-enter-crowded-small-satellite-launcher-market-with-isro-sslv/ Mon, 03 Sep 2018 05:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10217 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a small launch vehicle that weighs no more than 100 tons that can loft a 500 kg satellite into a 500 km orbit. ISRO is currently earning about U.S.$40 million annually through launching small satellites for foreign customers, and aims to increase its revenue by using the small launch vehicle to serve the burgeoning small satellite market.]]> 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.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/03/welcome-spacewatch-russia-cis/ Wed, 21 Mar 2018 05:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8001 Russia and other independent republics of the former Soviet Union enjoy a proud and impressive space heritage, from Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin to the Mir Space Station and the unparalleled launch record of Baikonur Cosmodrome.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/02/spacewatchglthemes-space-archaeology-nubia-moment-michelle-hanlon/ Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7584 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]>