Sunday, May 19, 2024
The Briz-M booster has put Russian communications satellites Express-80 and Express-103 on the designated orbit at an altitude of 54,900 kilometers, the press service of Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos said on Friday. "The spacecraft separated from the booster unit. The satellites have been put on the designated orbit," the...
Russia’s Energia Space Rocket Corporation signed a contract on creating the Baiterek launch compound for Soyuz-5 next-generation carrier rockets at the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency Roscosmos reported on Thursday. "The Energia Space Rocket Corporation and the Baiterek Joint Venture signed a contract in the town of...
Russia will give a tit-for-tat response to the European Union’s sanctions against its citizens and organizations allegedly responsible for cyberattacks, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday, TASS reported. Naturally, the European Union’s unfriendly act will not stay unanswered. As you know, everything is mirrored in diplomacy," the ministry said. The...
Yandex’s self-driving car unit has accelerated through the coronavirus pandemic, becoming one of the world’s top 3 companies for the number of miles driven by automated vehicles, The Moscow Times reported. In a conference call with investors Tuesday, the Russian technology giant dubbed ‘Russia’s Google’ said its fleet of 130...
Almost fifty percent of surveyed Russians think that the U.S. government “falsified” the Apollo expeditions to the Moon, with just 31 percent absolutely sure that American astronauts walked on the surface of Earth’s satellite, RT reported. That’s according to a new survey by pollsters WCIOM, who questioned Russians about their...
Founder of Telegram Pavel Durov has slammed Apple for cheating their customers by manufacturing unfounded myths about App Store, Durov wrote in his Telegram channel. In particular, the entrepreneur emphasized that the company is making up these myths to justify the exuberant 30% tax for app developers. Durov believes that...
The tests of a satellite held by Russia’s Defense Ministry in mid-July created no threats for other space vehicles and violated no principles of international law, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary on Friday, TASS reported. Russia’s Foreign Ministry thus commented on statements by US and UK officials...
The state trials of the improved Project 885M (Yasen-M) lead nuclear-powered submarine Kazan will begin in the first half of August, a source in the defense industry told TASS on Saturday. "The deployment of the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan to the sea for state trials is planned for the first half...
The United States and Russia next week will conduct their first formal, bilateral talks on space security since 2013, following a U.S. allegation that Russia tested a space-based anti-satellite weapon this month, a U.S. official said on Friday, Reuters reported. Washington hopes to promote norms of responsible behavior in outer...
Russia is likely to build a joint research base on the Moon together with China, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin informed, as quoted by TASS. "Recently, we have agreed that we will probably research the Moon and build a Moon research base together - Russia and...