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Indonesian Papua To Accommodate Russian Satellite's Launching In 2010![]() Frans Kaisiepo Airport in Biak Numfor district, Papua province of Indonesia, has been designated as the location from where a Russian satellite will be launched in 2010, Indonesian Antara News Agency reported Saturday. "The Russian satellite will be launched using an air launch system. And this will certainly require a huge investment," Biak Numfor, District Chief Yusuf Melianus Maryen, was ... more Russia Calls On UN To Keep Space Weapon Free ![]() Russia is to put forward a draft resolution to the United Nations banning the deployment of weapons in outer space, a Russian UN mission official statement said Thursday. The resolution entitled, Transparency and Confidence Building Measures in Outer Space Activities, was submitted to the UN five years ago and proposed a ban on the deployment of all types of weapons in space. Russia said ... more Russian Satellites: Smaller, Lighter, Cheaper ![]() Mini-satellites are all the rage these days. None of the Russian space firms attending the MAKS-2007 air show failed to exhibit one. Modern technologies enable spacecraft weighing a few hundred kilograms to perform tasks once the preserve of satellites of several tons. Satellites are getting ever lighter and smaller: there are already micro-satellites with a weight of between 10 and 100 kg, and ... more Russian Proton-M Rocket With Japanese Satellite Crashes On Launch ![]() A Russian Proton-M booster rocket carrying a Japanese communications satellite exploded shortly after lift-off early Thursday, a space agency spokesman said. The rocket, which was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 2:43 a.m. Moscow time (10:43 p.m. GMT Wednesday), experienced an engine malfunction and second-stage separation failure 139 seconds into its flight, and came ... more South Korea Chooses First Astronaut For Space Trip ![]() A 30-year-old computer vision engineer has been chosen as South Korea's first astronaut to make a trip to the International Space Station on a Russian spacecraft early next year, the local news agency Yonhap reported Wednesday. Ko san, a researcher at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, will go into space on the Soyuz spacecraft in April 2008 and spend seven to eight days on the space ... more |
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![]() ![]() Iran's nuclear dossier is a closed matter, the U.S. is in no position to launch a pre-emptive strike to halt the country's nuclear progress, and the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be completed as promised, the country's president said Tuesday. "I am officially declaring that the Iranian 'nuclear dossier' is, from our point of view, closed," Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. He added that President ... more Russia Will Use Gabala Radar - Space Forces Representative ![]() Russia's Space Forces will not give up using the Gabala radar in Azerbaijan, the forces' spokesman said, commenting on media reports that Russia could soon abandon the site. "The activity of the Space Forces is aimed at all radars eventually being on Russian territory. But we do not intend to give up the agreement on the use of the Gabala ahead of time," Alexei Zolotukhin said. ... more Boeing Projects 70 Billion Dollar Market For Russia And The CIS ![]() Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will require 1,060 new airplanes worth about $70 billion over the next 20 years, according to Boeing's updated annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. The complete forecast, known as the Boeing Current Market Outlook, is available on the Boeing web. This year marks the first year that Boeing has published its forecast for ... more Russia US To Sign Nuclear Power Cooperation Deal In Fall ![]() A senior Russian nuclear official said Tuesday that a deal is likely to be signed with the United States this fall on the civilian use of nuclear power. The document, initialed two months ago, envisages the transfer of fissile materials, and relevant installations and equipment. "We hope the document will be signed during the coming fall," said Nikolai Spassky, deputy head of the Federal Agency ... more |
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![]() ![]() Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will require 1,060 new airplanes worth about $70 billion over the next 20 years, according to Boeing's updated annual forecast for the commercial airplane market. The complete forecast, known as the Boeing Current Market Outlook, is available on the Boeing web. This year marks the first year that Boeing has published its forecast for ... more Energia Showcases Its Wares And Ways At MAKS-2007 ![]() S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia - a world's leader in manned space flight - is actively participating in the 8th International Aerospace Show (MAKS-2007), inaugurated on August 21 of this year. The Corporation exhibit at Booth 11, Pavilion F, which displays mockups and actual hardware of manned and unmanned space systems, launch vehicles and their actual structural elements ... more Russia Starts Serial Production Of New Navigation Systems ![]() Russian manufacturers are starting serial production of new navigation systems on the basis of the Glonass technology for strategic aviation, the first deputy general director of a design bureau said Saturday. "The [Moscow-based] Kompas design bureau announces the end of state tests. We have received approval for serial production of PUIN indication and navigation control panels on the ... more Will Baikal Become Ocean ![]() On the summer's last Sunday, Russia is celebrating the Day of Lake Baikal. This tradition was started in 1999 by the public organization Baikal Environmental Wave. By that time, it was already a UNESCO World Heritage site as a masterpiece of nature and the global strategic freshwater resource. Baikal is flanked by the Republic of Buryatia, the Irkutsk and Chita regions, where celebrations of its ... more
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