Russia will put three new communication satellites into orbit this year and another two next year, the acting director of a state-run satellite communications company said Wednesday.
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April 6, 2007Russian space experts believe that the Untied States may have used an anti-satellite weapon last month to destroy a small Russian research satellite, the Interfax news agency reports.
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April 5, 2007According to Russian media Russia’s Svobodny space center, used in recent years to launch US and Israeli satellites, will be shut down, AFP reports Wednesday.
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March 14, 2007China’s space program has announced plans to launch its first astronomy satellite and participate in joint projects with Russia .
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March 12, 2007Russia intends to launch its first research micro-satellites in 2008, the Federal Space Agency said Monday.
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March 5, 2007The Russian defense minister denied Friday allegations that China launched a ballistic missile January 11 that destroyed a satellite.
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January 19, 2007According to the Russian Federal Space Agency, a Russian Proton-M rocket that blasted off at 2328 GMT, orbited the Malaysian telecommunications satellite Measat 3 Monday, Interfax news agency reports.
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December 12, 2006Russia’s satellite navigation system GLONASS, an analogue of the GPS will become fully operational by the end of 2007, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Wednesday.
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November 22, 2006China will participate in a Russian project to fly to a Martian moon, a deputy head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency said Tuesday.
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