by Philip Hylands | Jul 31, 2020 | Launches, Russia, Satellites
Russia successfully launched the EXPRESS 80 and EXPRESS 103 communications satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit an a Proton M/Briz M vehicle. The mission lifted-off at 2125 GMT on 30 July from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The two satellites will be used...
by David Todd | Jul 24, 2020 | Military space, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
US Space Command has formally protested about the Russian “inspection satellite” Cosmos 2543 releasing a high-velocity space object – believed to be a missile projectile. It notes that the suspected missile, object Sat Cat No 45915, was released on 15...
by David Todd | Jul 23, 2020 | Launches, Russia, Soyuz
Russia successfully launched the Progress MS-15 cargo spacecraft on a Soyuz 2-1A launch vehicle at 1426 GMT on 23 July from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft is on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The approach of the...
by David Todd | Jul 13, 2020 | Military space, Russia
Former journalist Ivan Safronov, communications assistant, Dmitry Rogozon, the Head of Roscosmos, the part conglomerate/part space agency that is the Russian space programme, and a key ally of President Putin, has been arrested by the Federal Security Bureau (FSB) of...
by David Todd | Jul 13, 2020 | China, Launches, Military space, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
While it might be premature to say this, it appears to be the “half-time” point in the Covid-19 pandemic. Those countries that have managed to control the outbreak – even those with very bad starts (e.g. Italy, Spain, France, UK) – are starting...
by David Todd | Jun 26, 2020 | Commercial human spaceflight, International Space Station, Russia, Soyuz, Space tourism
Roscosmos, the Russian space agency/industrial complex, has announced that it plans to allow two tourists to ride aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2023. The two would-be astronauts will be accompanied by a professional cosmonaut...
