India has offered Seoul to replace Russia in space

15.01.2014 Business newspaper “View”
Indian Ambassador in Seoul Vishnu Prakash suggested South Korea to intensify bilateral cooperation in space , in particular, Delhi can organize output satellites into orbit , there are other possible directions , Korea Times informed.
“I believe that space technology in India are at a good level. Our advantage is that we can often do the same what our foreign competitors offer, but at a lower cost , “- said Ambassador Prakash on eve of the visit of South Korean President Park Keun Hye in India
It is possible that this issue will be raised again during the visit of the South Korean leader Park Keun Hye in India. Pak will arrive in Delhi on January 15 and will stay there for four days.
“India and South Korea are supplement each other. We have no conflict of interest “- Vishnu Prakash said in an interview with a local journalist , pointing to other possible areas of cooperation : economy , investment , information technology , defense industry, and other policies .
The newspaper reminds that until now South Korea in the field of space actively cooperated with Russia and several other countries. In particular, it is with the active assistance of Russian experts it was created and launched in January 2013, the first South Korean rocket ” Naro » (KSLV- 1) , which put the satellite into orbit .

After Series of Delays, Russia Launches New Soyuz Rocket

MOSCOW, December 28 (RIA Novosti) – A new Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on Saturday after numerous delays earlier this week, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The ministry said the launch took place at 16:30 Moscow time (12:30 GMT).

The rocket put into designated orbit a small research satellite built by students and young scientists.

The new rocket, dubbed the Soyuz-2.1v, is to feature a completely reworked first stage powered by a NK-33 (14D15) rocket engine built by the NK Engines Company in the Russian city of Samara. The rocket lacks the characteristic four boosters that Soyuz and its ancestors have had since the R-7 missile that launched Sputnik in 1957.

The launch was originally scheduled for Monday and was delayed first until Tuesday and then until Wednesday due to concern over a possible malfunction of one of the rocket’s engines.

A Russian defense official, Colonel Dmitry Zenin, said later on Wednesday the launch was postponed again and will take place sometime next year.

A state commission that gathered on Saturday morning, decided to launch the rocket at 14:00, but it was also cancelled minutes before the planned blastoff.

The Soyuz, the most frequently launched rocket in the world, has undergone more than 1,700 launches since its debut in 1966. It is one of only two rockets worldwide that are capable of sending astronauts into orbit, the other being the Chinese Long March 2F.

Russia will develop space equipment for Israel

22.11.2013 Infox.ru
 
Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Russia will develop space equipment to Israel.

He recalled that in September, the Russian carrier rocket put into orbit the Israeli satellite .

“Our overall plans – developing by local specialists two space apparatus for the Israeli side ,” – the president of Russia said , RIA Novosti reported.

Rocket ” Zenit- 2SB “, launched on September 1 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome put into orbit an Israeli communications satellite Amos- 4 is intended to provide satellite services to DTH, VSAT and broadband Internet services to the territory of Russia , the Middle East, South Asia and Central Asia .

The 25th Anniversary of Buran

Twenty-five years ago on Friday, the Soviet Union flew the Buran reusable spacecraft, modeled on NASA’s Space Shuttle, into orbit .
The Buran, named for the Russian word for snowstorm, became the first Soviet reusable spacecraft and took 10 years to develop.
What Soviet specialists developed was not just a simple spacecraft, but an entire reusable system. This included the Energia super-heavy multi-role launch vehicle and the Buran orbiter, as well as elements of the ground launch-and-control infrastructure.
The Buran was designed to fly 100 manned and unmanned and automatic missions.
It was difficult to transport the bulky Buran shuttle on the ground, so the entire craft was hoisted onto an Antonov An-225 Cossack strategic airlift cargo aircraft.
The Buran could carry as many as ten crew members, including four pilots and six cosmonaut-researchers.

The Buran flew only one, 205-minute space mission, circling Earth twice and landing at the Yubileiny airfield at the Baikonur cosmodrome.
The Energia-Buran program was mothballed in 1990 and terminated completely in 1993.
In all, three orbiters were built under the Energia-Buran program and construction of two more was launched. Nine full-size mock-ups were also built. Several mock-ups and orbiters survive to this day.