Roscosmos

By Irene Klotz
The funding cut will mean that NASA will have to reallocate $180 million from its current space operations budget.
Budget, Policy & Regulation

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia has completed the deployment of the Kondor-FKA radar Earth observation constellation with the launch of a second satellite.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The International Space Station crew used propulsion from a Russian Progress resupply capsule to carry out an orbital debris avoidance maneuver, NASA says.
Satellites

By Mark Carreau
The session focused on structural cracks with air leaks in the Russian segment and the safe potential deorbiting of the outpost in a contingency.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
The agreement is part of Glavkosmos’ broader deal with the recently established Alliance of Sahel States.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
Russian energy giant JSC Gazprom plans to deploy a low Earth orbit communications network to service the country’s government and business users.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
Russia is making up to 116 billion rubles (about $1.3 billion) available for the startup, known as Bureau 1440, to deploy the global constellation.
Satellites

Aviation Week Network Staff
Roscosmos says the Angara mission from the Plesetsk launch site in northern Russia successfully placed the Kosmos-2577 and Kosmos-2578 spacecraft into orbit.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau
The Crew Flight Test of the Boeing-built CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has marked its eighth week docked at the International Space Station.
Space

Aviation Week Network Staff
To avoid missing out in the race to deploy large LEO constellations, Russia plans to enhance its Gonets system with Fifth Generation Design Bureau.
Space

Aviation Week Network Staff
Russia plans to cancel the development of its future nuclear-powered Zevs (Zeus) space tug due to financial hurdles and a lack of suitable missions.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Russia plans to start deploying a new orbital station, ROS, in 2027 using an upgraded rocket, while also developing a new crew capsule.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
The existing constellation consists of 26 spacecraft.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Thierry Dubois
The U.S. will contribute the launch service, aerobraking engines and radioisotope heater units.
Space

Aviation Week Network Staff
Smotr-V will be Russia’s highest-resolution commercial satellite.
Space

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Initially scheduled for April 9, the mission was postponed twice.
Space

Aviation Week Network Staff
The flight of a Russian Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket from Vostochny Cosmodrome was automatically aborted 2 min. before the planned 5:00 a.m. EDT April 9 liftoff.
Space Symposium

By Thierry Dubois
Startups Isar Aerospace, PLD Space and Rocket Factory Augsburg already have agreed to use the refurbished ELM-Diamant launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The launch of Russia's Soyuz MS-25 to the ISS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome was aborted 20 sec. prior to liftoff.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Three U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut began a 28-hr. ride to the ISS March 2, setting the stage for a six-month mission onboard the orbital outpost.
Space

Aviation Week Staff
Roscosmos’ Soyuz 2.1b rocket with a Fregat booster orbited a batch of Russian satellites and an Iranian spacecraft on Feb. 29.
Space

NASA, SpaceX and Russia’s Roscosmos are preparing for the first seven-person, multiweek crew exchange of 2024 aboard the International Space Station.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Russia's Progress MS-26 resupply mission capsule arrived at the ISS early Feb. 17 carrying a 2.7-ton cargo load of food, crew supplies and propellant.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Russia's Progress MS-26 resupply mission launched on course for an early Feb. 17 docking with the ISS, loaded up with food, crew supplies and propellant.
Space