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Russia launched two communication satellites into Earth's orbit
Space agency Roscosmos said Russia on December 11 launched two contact satellites with Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
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Russia continues to launch Soyuz spacecraft
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) on December 19 transferred the Soyuz spacecraft to the launch pad at Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, in preparat…
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Russia also caught the signal from the missing spacecraft
Russia's monitoring station at Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan) on November 24 caught the first signal from the Automatic Interplanetary Station
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Russia launched ships to send people to ISS
The Soyuz flew up at 8:18 am local time at Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan, the BBC reported. The ship brought two Russian astronauts and an American astronaut to t…
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Russia is about to take land on Mars's satellite
Russia's Phobos-Grunt spacecraft and China's Yinghuo 1 will be launched on Mars's Phobos satellite using Zenit missiles at the Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan on No…
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Russia launched US telecommunications satellites into space
From Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russia successfully launched the US Intelsat-18 telecommunications satellite to space on October 6.
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Russia: Freight ships cannot reach the expected orbit
The ITAR-TASS news agency on August 24 led a source in the rocket-space industry, saying Russia's M-12M Progress cargo ship did not reach its expected orbit.
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Russian spacecraft takes the new crew to ISS
Earlier this morning, Russia launched the Soyuz spacecraft to bring a new three-astronaut crew to the International Space Station (ISS), nearly 50 years after Yuri Gagar…
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China is about to launch a Mars probe
Next October, China will launch its first Mars probe from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Russia launched a new telecommunications satellite for Europe
The Russian proton-M rocket carrying KA-SAT satellite was launched in the early morning of December 27 from Baikonur space airport in Kazakhstan.
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Russia launched a joint ship to bring 3 astronauts to ISS
This morning, December 16, from Baikonur Airport, Russia successfully launched the TMA-20 Combined Ship, bringing three astronauts to the International Space Station (IS…
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Russia built a new space airport
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday announced that the country will spend more than $ 800 million to build a space airport in the Far East.
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Russia takes military satellites into space
Russia's Proton-M rocket has successfully launched a military satellite into orbit from the Baikonur space station yesterday.
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Russia studies nuclear engines for spacecraft
Since 2010, Russia will begin research projects in the field of manufacturing nuclear engines for spacecraft.
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Billionaires perform clowns in the universe
Canadian billionaire Guy Laliberte and two astronauts left the Baikonur space center by Russian ship today to enter space.