Russian space program

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Soyuz-2 assembly

 

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Drone footage of Russia’s new Vostochny Cosmodrome

 

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Soyuz rocket launches Glonass-M satellite into space

: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation

 

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The latest "selfies" and photos published by Russian Cosmonauts.

 

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3rd GLONASS monitoring station opened in Brazil.

 

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The first in history Russia-EU mission to Mars takes off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.



The ExoMars's spacecrafts — the orbital and the landing modules — are to be be put into orbit by Russia's Proton-M space rocket.

The assembly of Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket has been concluded ahead of a joint Russian-European launch of a Mars orbiter, Roscosmos said Monday.

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Today is the 55th anniversary of the flight of the first cosmonaut of the planet Earth - Yuri Gagarin.

 

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Rocket for the first launch from the "Vostochnyi" cosmodrome mounted at the launch site.

Replacement of spaceship "Soyuz" - ship "Federation"

 

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The first-ever launch of the carrier rocket "Soyuz-2.1a" from the newly-built Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East is postponed, the reasons are to be investigated.



According to a source, the carrier rocket may be launched whether later in the day or on auxiliary date, April 28.

The automatic system has canceled the launch. Reasons may be very different, it is possible that nothing abnormal happened, experts are currently conducting a technical meeting. On its results will be decided to postpone the launch on a backup date of April 28 at 5.01 MSK (02:00 GMT) or carry it out today after additional tests of all systems of the carrier rocket," the source said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the newly-built Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East and made the decision to stay in the area until the prospect of the maiden space launch being carried out on April 28 is clarified, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.

"Just now the president has decided to stay at the cosmodrome until the prospect of the launch on the next day, that is tomorrow, is clarified. We do not exclude [the possibility] that the president will spend the next 24 hours here, in the area of the spaceport," Peskov told reporters.

The State Commission planned to launch Soyuz-2.1a space rocket at 5:01 a.m. MSK.

"The commentator announced: to bring the launch system to the original state, leaders of works to attend the meeting," a RIA Novosti correspondent present on the scene reported.

The State Commission checked the availability of space rocket (RKN) "Soyuz-2.1a" for the first launch according to the results of refueling and general readiness of the Vostochny cosmodrome.

The Vostochny Cosmodrome has been under construction since 2012 and is expected to reduce Russia's dependency on the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. Baikonur is on lease to Russia until 2050. The spaceport was set to be completed by late 2015, with the first launch scheduled for December 2015. The launch was later postponed due to construction delays.

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The first ever start from the newest spaceport "VOSTOCHNY".

 

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By:www.standardmedia.co.ke
Russia launches first rocket from new spaceport at second attempt

Russia launched its inaugural rocket from a new cosmodrome on Thursday, a day after a technical glitch thwarted the much-publicized event in a sign of continued crisis in the nation's space industry. An unmanned Soyuz-2.1A rocket carrying three satellites roared off into a clear blue sky from the launch pad at Vostochny cosmodrome in the remote Amur Region near China's border at 0501 Moscow time (0201 GMT), state television showed. The satellites separated from the rocket's third stage about nine minutes into the flight, heading to their designated orbits, Russian news agencies quoted officials from the space agency Roscosmos as saying. The launch was called off less than two minutes before the lift-off on Wednesday, upsetting President Vladimir Putin. He had flown thousands of kilometers to watch what Russian media and officials touted as an historic event. "I want to congratulate you. There is something to be proud of," Putin told cosmodrome workers and Roscosmos officials after watching Thursday's launch at Vostochny, Russian media reported.
"The equipment overreached itself a little bit yesterday," he said. "In principle, we could have held the launch yesterday, but the equipment overdid its job and stopped the launch. This is a normal thing." His remarks contrasted his tough words after Wednesday's aborted launch, when he criticized Roscosmos and government officials for a large number of technical hitches in the space industry, saying that "there should be an appropriate reaction". CORRUPTION AND GLITCHES Delays and corruption have blighted work on the new cosmodrome. A European Space Agency launch in French Guiana, using a similar Russian Soyuz rocket, was also delayed by technical problems this month. Problems with Russian space rockets are worrisome not just for the Kremlin but also for the United States space program. NASA has depended on Russia to fly its astronauts to the International Space Station since it retired its space shuttle. The Soviet Union pioneered manned space flight when it fired Yuri Gagarin into space in 1961.
But, since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia's space program has had to retrench for a lack of cash. It filled gaps in its budget for years by taking paying tourists into space. The Vostochny spaceport, the first civilian rocket launch site on Russian territory, is intended to phase out Russia's reliance on the Baikonur cosmodrome that it leases from ex-Soviet Kazakhstan. "The main thing is that this launch pad is now working, it has been prepared well by you and it is functioning," Putin told cosmodrome workers on Thursday. "We are now facing a second stage here, to accommodate a heavy rocket." "We have a lot of work in front of us, and it's daunting. But, beyond all doubt, this is ... a very serious step forward in the development of Russia's space exploration."................See more

 

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“The proof of the pudding is in the eating!” President Vladimir Putin said after a Soyuz spaceship with three Russian satellites on board lifted off from the newly-built Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East on Thursday.

Putin arrived at Vostochny for its first launch, scheduled to take place at 5:01am Moscow time (02:01GMT) on Wednesday. However, automatic systems canceled the launch of the Soyuz-2.1a space rocket less than two minutes before liftoff.


The Soyuz rocket eventually lifted off at 5.01 am on Thursday carrying the Mikhailo Lomonosov research satellite and two small secondary payloads.
Speaking after the launch, Putin, said it could have been carried out on Wednesday, if it was not for the technology "trying too hard."

“They say that the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and to prove that a cosmodrome is ready for work you need to have a first launch. You made it and I congratulate you,” the President said.

“In 2007 we said we were going to have a complex like this and here it is. This is the first stage of a major effort and you have carried it out just fine,” Putin added.

The Soyuz rocket orbited Russia’s Aist-2D, Mikhailo Lomonosov and SamSat-218 research satellites.


Moscow University rector Viktor Sadovnichy said that the Mikhailo Lomonosov probe would contribute to the scientific study of particles reaching the earth from distant galaxies, powerful flares happening 500 kilometers above the surface of the earth, and keep an eye on the threats from asteroids and so-called “space junk” orbiting our planet.



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