Russian Rokot carrier rocket orbits three satellites (Update 1)

10:34 08/09/2010

A Russian Rokot carrier rocket orbited a Gonets-M satellite and two Kosmos satellites on Wednesday, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.

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Russian Rokot carrier rocket with three satellites blasts off from Plesetsk space center
07:58 08/09/2010
A Russian Rokot carrier rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia early on Wednesday to put a Gonets-M and two Kosmos satellites into orbit.
Russian Rokot carrier rocket to orbit Gonets-M satellite on September 8
21:18 06/09/2010
A Russian Rokot carrier rocket will take off from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia on September 8 to put a Gonets-M satellite into orbit, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Monday.
Siberian scientists to track snow leopards using 'photo traps'
16:38 03/09/2010
Russian scientists will install special video cameras - so-called photo traps - to monitor endangered snow leopards in southwestern Siberia, the Altai Nature Reserve's deputy security head said on Friday.
Roscosmos, NASA name crew for ISS mission in late 2012
19:31 02/09/2010
NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos have announced the three crewmembers for the November 2012 launch to the International Space Station.
Russian cosmonauts long for hot showers on ISS
13:49 02/09/2010
A team of Russian cosmonauts working at the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) are unhappy about the absence of hot showers onboard, a Russian cosmonaut said on Thursday.
Three more GLONASS satellites put into orbit
10:00 02/09/2010
Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket put three GLONASS satellites into orbit on Thursday, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said.
Russian Proton-M carrier rocket blasts off from Baikonur
05:42 02/09/2010
A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket with three GLONASS satellites blasted off on Thursday early morning from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.
Russian space freighter undocks from ISS
16:54 31/08/2010
Russia's Progress M-06 cargo spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday to begin a seven-day independent scientific mission, a Mission Control spokesman said.
Russian mini-subs find possible Tsarist gold in Lake Baikal
11:10 31/08/2010
The Russian Mir-2 mini-sub has found several shiny metal objects on the bottom of Lake Baikal that could be the legendary Tsarist gold lost during the Russian civil war, the Fund for the Protection of Lake Baikal said.
India confirms payloads for Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission
19:41 30/08/2010
India has finalized the list of payloads for its Chandrayaan-2 Lunar Mission, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said on Monday.
Domestic devices to be linked to Internet - Google vice-president
15:32 28/08/2010
Advanced technology and the Internet have invaded our lives and everyday household devices will soon be controlled via the Internet, Vinton G. Cerf, vice president and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google told RIA Novosti.
ISS astronauts call Peru's ancient Machu Picchu
10:03 27/08/2010
A radio contact with the International Space Station (ISS) was made from the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru, local media reported.
Russian 'Silicon Valley'
06:52 26/08/2010
A high-tech research and production hub, similar to the Silicon Valley in California, will be built in Skolkovo near Moscow.
Bengaluru Space Expo-2010 opens in India's Silicon Valley
05:11 25/08/2010
India's international space exhibition Bengaluru Space Expo-2010 opens on Wednesday in Bengaluru, known as the Silicon Valley of India.
Russian, German scientists discover rich fauna under Sea of Japan
07:50 24/08/2010
A joint Russian-German expedition has discovered a rich fauna deep under the Sea of Japan, overturning previous scientific beliefs, a representative of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Sea Biology Institute said.
Russia to load nuclear fuel into Iran's Bushehr NPP
03:57 21/08/2010
Russia is completing final preparations to load low-enriched uranium fuel into Iran's first civilian reactor at the Bushehr NPP later on Saturday.
Russia's Mission Control readjusts ISS orbit
01:49 19/08/2010
Russia's Mission Control has readjusted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) by raising it by 2.2 kilometers (1.4 miles).
Pre-launch preparation of Russian Rokot carrier rocket near completion
13:22 18/08/2010
The Plesetsk space center in northern Russia is about to complete pre-launch preparations of the Rokot carrier rocket, scheduled to blast off in early September, a defense ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
China completes Tiangong-1 spacecraft assembly
10:34 17/08/2010
China has completed assembling its Tiangong-1 space module, the Chinese Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

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