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Korolev at 115

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February 10: A Soyuz ST-B/Fregat-M rocket to launch a cluster of 34 OneWeb satellites from ELS site in French Guiana.

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Ukraine returns to space with
Sich-2-30

Lights, camera, action plan for the European Robotic Arm

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Efforts continue to activate new robotic arm aboard the ISS

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Persei upper stage complements Angara-5 rocket

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Stranded Persei falls back to Earth

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Russian spacewalk to animate European Robotic Arm

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Angara's upper stage fails to complete test mission

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Soyuz launches the 12th OneWeb cluster

Prichal jettisons its space tug

Now or never for ExoMars

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HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT

Soyuz MS-20 returns home

INSIDER CONTENT: ISS crew works to overcome European Robotic Arm problems

INSIDER CONTENT: VKD-52 spacewalk to prepare controls for Nauka's robotic arm

INSIDER CONTENT: Russia's next-generation crew missions postponed by two years

INSIDER CONTENT: New-generation module runs on multiple tracks

MILITARY SPACE

Russia launches a missile-detection satellite

INSIDER CONTENT: Russia builds major facility for classified satellites

Soyuz-2-1v rocket launches military payload

Russian "inspector" makes close encounters with US milsat

INSIDER CONTENT: Russia considers a robotic mini-shuttle

COMMERCIAL AND APPLICATION SPACE

Proton's upper stage leaves satellites in out-of-spec orbit

Soyuz delivers a pair of Galileo satellites

Soyuz launches 11th OneWeb cluster

Soyuz launches the 10th OneWeb cluster

INSIDER CONTENT: First look at the RBKA satellite

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

INSIDER CONTENT: Luna-Glob flight scenario

INSIDER CONTENT: Luna-Glob hard-pressed to launch in May

INSIDER CONTENT: Scientists push back against lunar program strategy

INSIDER CONTENT: Russian lunar sample return mission at the crossroad

New promise for the Venera-D project

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ROCKETRY

INSIDER CONTENT: Proton's last hooray

INSIDER CONTENT: Ukraine's Elon Musk mulls new rocket

INSIDER CONTENT: Super-heavy rocket stalled by propellant dilemma

INSIDER CONTENT: Roskosmos details methane super rocket

INSIDER CONTENT: Russia considers super-Saturn

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HISTORY

INSIDER CONTENT: Nukes from orbit: R-36 FOBS

INSIDER CONTENT: Before Nauka there was USM

50 years ago: Soyuz-11 tragedy

50 years ago: N1 Vehicle 6L launch

INSIDER CONTENT: How the Soviet Mars sample return mission would work on the surface

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Last update: January 14, 2022