Russia Pivots Space Focus To The Private Sector

Rassvet communications satellite system

Russia plans for the Science Power Module to be a key element of its future orbital outpost. 

Credit: Roscosmos
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has had a clear domestic aerospace casualty: the once-vaunted government-controlled space industry. The onset of fighting and subsequent escalation triggered Western sanctions that have largely cut Russia off from the commercial space market, bringing...

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