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Ariane-5 With 2 satellites To Lift Off From Kourou Center December 11
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 20, 2008An Ariane-5 rocket with two communications satellites will be launched from the Kourou space center in French Guiana on December 11, the Russian space agency said Wednesday. "The sixth launch of an Ariane-5 rocket this year is planned from the Guiana space center December 11 between 0:35 and 01:45 a.m. Moscow time [21:35-22:45 GMT December 10]. The insertion into orbit of two satellites ... more Sticking An Iskander Missile Into The ABM Shield Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 19, 2008 Russia will not look on indifferently while the United States deploys the third positioning region of its anti-ballistic missile shield in Eastern Europe. This was clear before and is clear now, after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has described ways in which Russia will respond to the challenge in his state-of-the-nation address on Nov. 5. If countermeasures are necessary ... more New generation Russian nuclear attack sub ready in 2010: report 
Paris (AFP) Nov 19, 2008The first of a new class of multipurpose Russian nuclear attack submarines currently in construction will be operational by 2010, a Russian news agency reported Wednesday. The Severodvinsk "will be operational in 2010," Ria Novosti said citing naval official Nicolas Kalisstratov. Named after the White Sea port which houses the main Russian nuclear submarine base, the Severodvinsk is 119 ... more Govt Soft Loan Will Help Energia Build More Soyuz And Progress Spacecraft 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 18, 2008Russia's Energia space corporation has received a long-awaited loan worth 2.9 billion rubles ($106 million) from state-run savings bank Sberbank for spacecraft construction, the company said on Monday. The two-year loan will enable the company to continue producing the Progress cargo ships and Soyuz manned spacecraft used for missions to the International Space Station (ISS). ... more Ten Years In Space: The International Space Station 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 19, 2008On 20 November 1998, a Russian Proton rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a historic mission: It was carrying the first module of the International Space Station ISS, named Zarya (Russian for "Dawn"). This cargo and control module, which weighs about 20 tonnes and is almost 13 metres long, provides electrical power, propulsion, flight path guidance and storage space. ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Nov 18, 2008 An accident on the Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine claimed 20 lives, the largest number of casualties since the sinking of the Kursk submarine in 2000. The Russian and international press are highlighting the tragedy because it happened on a nuclear submarine, engendering many rumors. We will know the details only when a government commission completes its investigation, but we can ... more Russia says pipeline talks with China to resume 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Moscow and Beijing will resume talks about oil shipments via a new pipeline next week, Russia's energy minister said on Tuesday, after they were reportedly halted over a financial dispute. "The talks will resume in the near future. I think next week," the minister, Sergei Shmatko, was quoted as saying by Interfax and ITAR-TASS news agencies. He expressed surprise at media reports that ... more Nations Around The World Mark 10th Anniversary Of ISS 
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 18, 2008Nations around the world will join together to mark a milestone in space exploration this week, celebrating the 10th birthday of a unique research laboratory, the International Space Station. Now the largest spacecraft ever built, the orbital assembly of the space station began with the launch from Kazakhstan of its first bus-sized component, Zarya, on Nov. 20, 1998. The launch began an in ... more Kazakhstan To Fund ISS Flight For Homegrown Astronaut 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 18, 2008A Kazakh national will fly to the International Space Station in October 2009 "on a commercial basis," the Russian space agency said on Monday. "The only way a Kazakh astronaut can fly to the ISS is as part of a Russian expedition on a commercial basis for a period of 10 days," Talgat Musabayev, head of Kazakhstan's National Space Agency, was quoted as saying by Roscosmos, the Russian ... more |
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Moscow (UPI) Nov 17, 2008 Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi does not know Russian President Dmitry Medvedev very well, but in April 2008 Vladimir Putin, then Russian president, visited Libya to remove the main obstacle to the development of bilateral relations. He wrote off Libya's $4.5 billion debt to the former Soviet Union in return for its pledge to sign new contracts with Russia. In Moscow earlier this month ... more Russian Soyuz-U Carrier Rocket Bearing Military Satellite Launched 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 17, 2008A Soyuz-U carrier rocket bearing a military satellite was launched on Friday from the Plesetsk space center in north Russia, an aide to the Russian Space Forces commander said. Col. Alexei Zolotukhin said the launch, carried out for the Russian Defense Ministry, had gone ahead without any difficulties. The Soyuz-U rocket is designed to orbit Soyuz and Progress manned and cargo spacec ... more India Rejoices Over Moon Probe Landing 
New Delhi (AFP) Nov 15, 2008India rejoiced Saturday over the landing of a lunar probe on the moon's surface that vaulted the country into the league of space-faring nations like the United States, Russia and Japan. The TV set-sized probe, painted in the green-white-and-orange colours of the Indian flag, made a "precise-to-the-second" landing on the lunar surface late Friday after being released from the unmanned moon-orbiter ... more Outside View: Euro-Russian relations thaw 
Moscow (UPI) Nov 13, 2008 The European Union has decided to end the diplomatic pause in relations with Moscow, which began after the Georgian-Russian conflict in August. The EU General Affairs and External Relations Council met in Brussels this week. The council, consisting of defense and foreign ministers of EU states, has decided to hold the EU-Russia summit in Nice, France, on Nov. 14 and to resume talks on a ... more
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