OneWeb is back. The company on Friday made its fourth launch of a batch of satellites to build up its constellation in low-Earth orbit that eventually will provide broadband internet access around the globe. From a report: The latest group of 36 satellites headed to orbit atop a Russian Soyuz rocket from Vostochny Cosmodrome, ending a long delay since the last…
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Russia lifts UK telecom satellites into orbit
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East on Friday, putting into orbit 36 UK telecommunications and internet satellites, the Roscosmos space agency said. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-russia-uk-telecom-satellites-orbit.html…
Russia launches UK telecom satellites into space
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East on Friday carrying 36 UK telecommunications and internet satellites, the Roscosmos space agency said. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-russia-uk-telecom-satellites-space.html…
Humans Have Been Living In Space For 20 Years Straight
Since 2000, there have always been humans living and working on the International Space Station — and the streak could just be getting started. National Geographic reports: On Halloween in the year 2000, a Russian Soyuz rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and flew into the history books, carrying one U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the nascent…
Cosmonaut snaps amazing photos of Soyuz rocket launch from space
Three astronauts made a record-setting jaunt to the International Space Station, and another astronaut already in orbit caught stunning photos of the launch. Source: https://www.livescience.com/soyuz-crew-launch-seen-from-space-exp-64.html
Russia’s Soyuz Rocket Production On Hold Due To Coronavirus
Russian officials said they’ve halted manufacturing of the country’s workhorse Soyuz rocket, which most recently flew on April 9 to carry three astronauts to the ISS in a launch that was essentially unaffected by the pandemic. Space.com reports: The news of the pandemic’s impact on its production comes from an English-language transcript released on April 10 by Russia’s government of a…
Europe’s Cheops Telescope Will Profile Distant Planets
Europe is launching a space telescope on Tuesday to further study distant planets that have already been discovered. The BBC reports: The telescope will ride to orbit on a Russian Soyuz rocket from French Guiana. Lift-off is scheduled for 05:54 local time (08:54 GMT). Cheops (short for Characterizing ExOPlanet Satellite) is a joint endeavor of 11 member states of the European…
Russian Military Launches Secret Surveillance Satellite Into Orbit
A Russian Soyuz rocket launched a top-secret military satellite designed to scope out other satellites in space on Monday (Nov. 25), according to government reports. Source: https://www.livescience.com/russia-secret-military-satellite-launch-success-november-2019.html
Christina Koch snapped this majestic picture of Soyuz 61 from the ISS
Astronaut Christina Koch snapped this majestic picture of a Soyuz rocket approaching the ISS yesterday, tweeting that her best friend Jessica Meir was inside Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2217892-christina-koch-snapped-this-majestic-picture-of-soyuz-61-from-the-iss/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Rocket blasts off carrying first Arab to ISS
A Soyuz rocket blasted off on Wednesday from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan carrying an Emirati who will make history as the first Arab on the International Space Station. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-09-rocket-emirati-russian-american-blasts.html…