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Second Belarusian Satellite To Blast Off Late 2009
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 27, 2007Belarus's second satellite will be launched from Russia's Plesetsk space center in late 2009, the head of Belarusian company Geoinformational Systems said on Thursday. Belarus launched its first satellite, Belka, in July 2006. However, a Dnepr rocket carrying the Belarusian satellite, along with several international satellites, crashed shortly after lift off from the Baikonur space center in Ka ... more Thuraya-3 Satellite Launch Delayed Again 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 22, 2007The launch of a Zenit-3SL rocket with a Thuraya-3 communications satellite from the Pacific Ocean has been delayed for a sixth time due to poor weather conditions, a Russian Mission Control spokesman said Wednesday. "The launch has been delayed for an indefinite time. The satellite may be launched tomorrow or later. It depends on the weather and the Sea Launch company's decision," the spokesman ... more Site Thefts Place Russian Rocket Launches Under Threat In French Guiana 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 22, 2007Plans to launch Russian rockets from a space center near Kourou in French Guiana are under threat from raids on its equipment and territory, a contractor said on Wednesday. Vladimir Grezdilov, general director of the Mir company, which has a contract to build a mobile tower for Soyuz-ST carrier rockets, said the company was the victim of ongoing raids from a private security firm. He said ... more Russia To Launch Manned Spacecraft From New Site In 2018 
Samara (RIA Novosti) Nov 22, 2007Russia will start launches of manned spacecraft from a future space center in Russia's Far East in 2018, a first deputy prime minster said on Wednesday. "On November 6, the Russian president signed a decree on the construction of a new space center, to be named Vostochny, in the Amur Region," Sergei Ivanov said at a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission in Samara, in the Volga region. ... more Russia Will Supply A Third Of European Gas 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 19, 2007At the 20th World Energy Congress in Rome on November 11-15, Russian representatives confirmed that they have chosen Europe as a priority market of energy supplies for many years ahead. Gazprom, for instance, intends to increase its share in the European gas market from the current 26% to 33% by 2015. It seems that Russia is not particularly worried about the EU initiative to protect its domesti ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 19, 2007Russia may deliver its Iskander tactical missile systems to Belarus as an asymmetrical response to the deployment of American ABM components in Europe. "Under certain conditions and with the corresponding agreement of Belarus, why don't we? After all, any action triggers a counteraction." Colonel General Vladimir Zaritsky, commander of the Russian Missile and Artillery Troops, expressed th ... more Will Russia Create The World's Second Largest Surface Navy 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 19, 2007The year 2007 can safely be described as Russia's year of combat aviation. Both in July at Le Bourget in France and in August at Zhukovsky outside Moscow, thousands of spectators held their breath as they watched stunts performed by MiG and Su planes equipped with vectored-thrust engines. It was a sight to be proud of. The planes featured were all land-based, although it is aircraft carrier avia ... more Belarus To Launch Its Second Satellite In 2009 
Minsk (RIA Novosti) Nov 14, 2007Belarus plans to launch its second satellite in 2009, the National Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday. Pyotr Vityaz, the first deputy chairman of the academy's presidium, said the Belka-2 satellite would be launched by a Russian carrier rocket. Belarus launched its first satellite, Belka, in July 2006. However, a Dnepr rocket carrying the Belarusian satellite, along with several internati ... more Russia And India Sign Joint Lunar Research Deal 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 13, 2007Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) and the Indian Department of Space have signed a joint lunar research and exploration agreement, the Russian agency said on Monday. The agreement was signed by Roskosmos chief Anatoly Perminov and Madhavan Nair, secretary of India's Department of Space and chairman of the Space Commission. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is currently on an official ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 12, 2007Despite the numerous technical and medical-biological problems it would face, a manned mission to Mars is being spoken about with more and more certainty. Yet it is unclear why we should take such great risks to land astronauts on the Red Planet. Nor do we know whether the huge costs of such an expedition would ever be recouped. Yury Semyonov, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences an ... more Nukes Must Stay Within National Borders Says Russian Army Chief 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 12, 2007Any new Russia-U.S. agreement on strategic weapons reduction must eliminate the possibility that nuclear weapons could be stationed outside national borders, chief of the Russian General Staff said. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START-I) was signed by the United States and the Soviet Union on July 31, 1991, five months before the union collapsed, and remains in force between the U.S., Rus ... more The Antarctic Free-For-All 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 12, 2007Russia's 53rd Antarctic Expedition began in the small hours of November 6. The "Akademik Fyodorov" research vessel is sailing to the Antarctic in bad political weather that threatens to deteriorate into a geopolitical tornado. On October 17 the Guardian, a British newspaper, cited Foreign Office sources as saying that the U.K. government might lodge a legal claim with the UN's commission on the ... more The Dutch Want To Produce Gas On Yamal 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 12, 2007Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende proposed that Russian and Dutch companies headed by Royal Dutch Shell should jointly develop the richest gas fields on the Yamal Peninsula located above the Arctic Circle. Although the Yamal Peninsula is in the sphere of strategic interests of Russian state-controlled natural gas monopoly Gazprom, the Dutch initiative may appeal to the Russian authoritie ... more
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