Source link Yury Borisov acknowledged that the technical issues encountered during the launch frayed many nerves The launch of Russia’s new heavy-lift rocket Angara-A5 was a major success despite technical issues that prompted several delays, Yury Borisov, the chief of national space agency Roscosmos, has said. The rocket blasted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in […]
Source link The Angara-A5 is designed to deliver equipment into space, according to Roscosmos Russia has launched its Angara-A5 heavy-lift rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East for the first time, the country’s space agency Roscosmos announced on Thursday. The previous three Angara-A5 launches took place at Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The launch was […]
Source link Two Uragan systems were taken out in a high-precision missile strike outside a local shopping mall, drone footage shows The Russian military has destroyed two Ukrainian Soviet-era Uragan multiple rocket launchers, footage that emerged online on Saturday shows. The launchers were parked near a local mall located on the northwestern outskirts of the […]
Source link The Tokyo-based Space One startup had aimed to become the country’s first private firm to put a satellite into orbit A rocket launch attempted by Japanese private firm Space One ended in an explosion shortly after its inaugural lift-off on Wednesday. The Tokyo-based startup was seeking to become the first Japanese company to […]
Source link PM Narendra Modi has denounced the government of Tamil Nadu for “insulting” space scientists with release of controversial advert A newspaper advert touting the Indian space agency’s new launch facility in southern Tamil Nadu state has triggered a massive political row between the country’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the state government. […]
Source link At least three civilians were wounded on Monday by a Ukrainian artillery attack on the city of Belgorod, according to the regional governor. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that Czech-supplied Vampire launchers were used in the strike. Missile defenses engaged and destroyed ten incoming projectiles, whose origin the MOD identified as an […]
Source link The heavily fortified Green Zone in the Iraqi capital was reportedly targeted by over a dozen projectiles Baghdad’s Green Zone district, which houses a number of government and diplomatic buildings, including the US Embassy, was reportedly targeted by several rockets on Friday, according to media reports, citing security sources. An anonymous US military […]
Source link Kiev used US-supplied HIMARS to attack a concert in Donetsk, authorities have said Actor, choreographer, and director Polina Menshikh was mortally wounded in a Ukrainian rocket attack, her colleagues revealed on Tuesday. The strike reportedly used HIMARS systems supplied to Kiev by the US to first destroy the stage during a charity concert […]
Source link Elon Musk’s corporation said the test will help to improve Starship’s reliability, as ‘success comes from what we learn’ The second integrated flight test of SpaceX’s unmanned Starship rocket ended in failure on Saturday, with an explosion about eight minutes after launch. The two-stage booster blasted off from the Starbase launch site near […]