Tag: Glavkosmos
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Proton launch provider ILS embraces closer relationship with Roscosmos
Structures, tanks and booster engines for a Russian Proton rocket inside the factory of Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center near Moscow. Credit: Khrunichev International Launch Services, facing headwinds in a commercial launch market now largely shaped by billionaires and satellite miniaturization, has touted a new relationship with the Russian space agency and Glavkosmos…
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Russian official blames Nov. 28 launch failure on botched software programming
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifts off Nov. 28 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East. Credit: Roscosmos A senior Russian politician whose portfolio includes the country’s space program has blamed human error for a Nov. 28 launch failure that led to the destruction of a $45 million weather satellite and 18 secondary payloads, according to…