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Russian Fuel Flows Into Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jan 15, 2008Fuelling of the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle has started at Europe's Spaceport. ATV is being loaded with Russian refuelling propellant destined for the International Space Station. After a month of fuelling operations, the launch and maiden voyage of the first European resupply spaceship is scheduled for the second half of February. Early this month, the 20-tonne Jules Verne Auto ... more Russia's First Space Launch Of 2008 Scheduled For January 28 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 14, 2008The first Proton-M launch of 2008, carrying an Express-AM33 satellite, is scheduled for January 28 at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a leading Russian space company said on Thursday. The Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center said in a press statement that the carrier rocket, with a Briz-M booster, was on schedule for take-off. The Express-AM33 was designed b ... more Greenhouse Ocean May Downsize Fish 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2008The last fish you ate probably came from the Bering Sea. But during this century, the sea's rich food web-stretching from Alaska to Russia-could fray as algae adapt to greenhouse conditions. "All the fish that ends up in McDonald's, fish sandwiches-that's all Bering Sea fish," said USC marine ecologist Dave Hutchins, whose former student at the University of Delaware, Clinton Hare, led research ... more ILS Marks First Year With 1.5 Billion Dollars In New Proton Business 
Mclean VA (SPX) Jan 09, 2008International Launch Services (ILS) brought in $1.5 billion in new launch orders in 2007, its first year as an independent company marketing the Proton Breeze M vehicle. This total represents contracts for 17 launches on Proton, Russia's premier heavy-lift launcher, through 2013. ILS has exclusive rights to market the Proton vehicle worldwide to commercial satellite operators. Khrunichev ... more New Glonass Satellites Due To Operate For Seven Years 
Krasnoyarsk (RIA Novosti) Dec 28, 2007The three Glonass-M navigation satellites that Russia launched on Tuesday will be operational for seven years, a design and production bureau spokesman said on Wednesday. The three satellites were launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on board an improved Proton-M carrier rocket to join the existing satellite constellation, which comprises 15 operational satellites. "The eq ... more |
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Moscow, Russia (SPX) Dec 31, 2007Russian logistics spacecraft Progress M-62, after three days in free flight, docked with the International Space Station (ISS). Proximity operations, final approach maneuvers and docking were performed in automatic mode. Initial contact with the docking port of the Pirs docking module-compartment occurred at 11:15 Moscow Time within coverage of Russian ground tracking stations. ... more Russia To Launch Space Base For Missions To Moon And Mars After 2020 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 19, 2007Russia plans to deploy an orbiting base for manned and unmanned missions to the Moon and Mars after 2020, the head of the space agency said on Tuesday. "After 2020, Russia plans to create and put into orbit a near-Earth experimental manned complex to ensure transport operations to the Moon and Mars," Anatoly Perminov said. He also said Russia has tentative plans for manned missions to Mars ... more India And Russia Begin Talks On Chandrayaan-II 
New Delhi (PTI) Dec 19, 2007India has begun technical discussions with Russia on the joint moon mission Chandrayaan-II which is expected to be launched in 2011-12. Scientists are planning to land a rover on the moon for carrying out chemical analysis of the lunar surface and explore other resources on the earth's natural satellite. "In situ chemical analysis and resource exploration is the main objective of Chandrayaan-II, ... more Soyuz-FG Carrier Rocket Puts Canadian Satellite Into Orbit 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 17, 2007Russia successfully launched Friday a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket with a Canadian satellite on board from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported. The Soyuz carrier rocket with a Fregat booster put a Radarsat-2 earth remote sensing satellite into a solar-synchronized orbit with an altitude of 805 kilometers (about 500 miles) to join the previous Canadian satelli ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 10, 2007Russia has successfully conducted preliminary tests of an engine for the first stage of the new-generation Angara carrier rocket, the Khrunichev State Research and Production Center said on Friday. The RD-191 oxygen-kerosene engine has been developed by Energomash research and production center for a new family of Russian launch vehicles based on a common core booster. "Experts have tested ... more Russian Carrier Rocket Proton Puts Military Satellite Into Orbit
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 10, 2007A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket, launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, has put a military satellite into orbit, Russia's space agency (Roskosmos) said on Sunday. "A Proton-M carrier rocket, which was launched from the Baikonur space center at 03: 16 a.m. Moscow time (00:16 a.m. GMT) today [on Sunday], successfully put a Kosmos satellite into orbit at 12:17 p.m. Moscow time (09 ... more Russia To Launch Thai Satellite Into Orbit Next Year 
Orenburg (RIA Novosti) Dec 06, 2007Kosmotras, a Russian-Ukrainian joint venture, will launch Thailand's first Earth observation satellite into orbit at the beginning of 2008, a company official said on Wednesday. The THEOS satellite has been designed and manufactured by French company EADS Astrium under a 2004 contract with the Thai Ministry of Science and Technology. The spacecraft will be launched on board a Dnepr carrier rocke ... more China To Launch Mars Probe In 2009 
Beijing (PTI) Dec 05, 2007China, which sent its first lunar orbiter to probe the moon's surface recently, will launch its maiden Mars probe onboard a Russian rocket in October 2009, state media reported. Yinghuo-1 would reach the pre-set circling orbit and beam the first images of the red planet in September 2010, the state-run China Daily said, quoting a senior scientist. The prototype of the probe was now being ... more
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