Russian Space Program

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Here’s an article to start this thread. Really should have started this kind of thread earlier

Preparations continue amid crew shuffle for Soyuz MS-16 - NASASpaceFlight.com

Preparations are underway at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Star City, and at NASA’s Johnson Space Center…

www.nasaspaceflight.com

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1237625674975805441

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1237626221866946562

https://twitter.com/x/status/1237626344986628097

 

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Russia aborts planned test launch of new heavy-lift space rocket

Russian space officials on Tuesday aborted the test launch of a new heavy-lift rocket from its far-eastern launch pad. The Angara-A5 rocket was scheduled to lift off from the Vostochny space launch facility at 0900 GMT Tuesday, but the launch was aborted two minutes before. Yuri Borisov, head...

www.yahoo.com

 

[TheKutKu]

Russia aborts planned test launch of new heavy-lift space rocket

Russian space officials on Tuesday aborted the test launch of a new heavy-lift rocket from its far-eastern launch pad. The Angara-A5 rocket was scheduled to lift off from the Vostochny space launch facility at 0900 GMT Tuesday, but the launch was aborted two minutes before. Yuri Borisov, head...

www.yahoo.com

https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/russia-launches-angara-a5-space-rocket-vostochny-2024-04-11/

First Angara V launch from Vostochny, and also the first daytime Angara 5 launch, which enables us to properly admire this beautiful launcher. Let's hope they can reach their target launch rate (8 Angara 5 per year by 2026...)

 

[publiusr]

RD-191s, right?
Instead of whittling down RD-170s, were there any plans to add combustion chambers--bigger pumps?

 

[TMA1]

When they finally get that kvtk liquid hydrolox upper stage rocket going then it will be a real workhorse. Hope they can get the costs down as more are made.

What I am really excited for is their glide return reusable rockets still in development. I think a methalox powered rocket engine is going to be used with it as well. That is if it doesnt become vaporware.

 

[TheKutKu]

When they finally get that kvtk liquid hydrolox upper stage rocket going then it will be a real workhorse. Hope they can get the costs down as more are made.

What I am really excited for is their glide return reusable rockets still in development. I think a methalox powered rocket engine is going to be used with it as well. That is if it doesnt become vaporware.

The latest plans seems to be aimed more at retropropulsive recovery



However, this seems tied to the Angara A5V.. which is a long way out

 

[Byeman]

RD-191s, right?
Instead of whittling down RD-170s, were there any plans to add combustion chambers--bigger pumps?

Huh? that would be an RD-180 then.
Why does it need to be bigger?

 

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Russia wants 2,600 satellites in orbit by 2036. Is this realistic?

Notably the country aims to put Sfera communications satellites into orbit — an analogue of the Starlink and OneWeb constellations.

www.defensenews.com

 

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has sacked the boss of space agency Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, the Kremlin announced Thursday, as the once world-beating program falls behind its competitors in the space race.

The replacement pick is Dmitry Bakanov, an ex-deputy minister in the transport ministry who previously also ran Russia’s Gonets communication satellite program.

Putin fires Russia’s space chief

Moscow’s program has stuttered in recent years.

www.politico.eu