DDE Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 33 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: https://ria-ru.translate.goog/20211015/mks-1754732421.html?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=nui ISS lost orientation on the Soyuz MS-18 engine test. Upd. And restored it back a minute later. Sounds like a complete and utter overreaction to a routine engine check. What, did other such tests not change the orientation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 12 minutes ago, DDE said: Sounds like a complete and utter overreaction to a routine engine check. What, did other such tests not change the orientation? They thought, it's an earthquake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakaydos Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 1 hour ago, kerbiloid said: They thought, it's an earthquake. Sounds like a problem with the soyuz, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SOXBLOX Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 3 hours ago, DDE said: Huh. I was under the impression the ABM Treaty was still in effect (in some form or other), but I checked and it's not. Nevermind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, SOXBLOX said: Huh. I was under the impression the ABM Treaty was still in effect (in some form or other), but I checked and it's not. Nevermind... Well, to be fair, until this or Nudol aren't confirmed to be road-mobile (and the one claim of spotting Nudol TELs "in the wild" at Plesetsk has been withdrawn as tanker truck) they'd constitute a part of the Soviet treaty allowance for a single emplaced ABM array. Russia's still sort of complies with the treaty, since A-235 will still be centered around Moscow, and the various tactical ABM systems like the S-300V (and therefore the S-500) don't count. Dedicated counterspace use of these exoatmospheric ABMs isn't immediately obvious. Could be they're just concerned with silo vulnerability - one of the 53T6 batteries can be seen from the parking lot of a hardware store and is surrounded by dachas on all other sides, that's not exactly good physical security, let alone opsec. Edited October 15, 2021 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 1 hour ago, DDE said: surrounded by dachas Unless you carefully control access to the dachas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 https://www.space.com/russian-soyuz-thrusters-tilt-space-station-again This is the SECOND incident in two months AND there's also the cracks in Zarya/Zvezda AND the small fire they had there. The ISS is really starting to show it's age now and it's kind of hard seeing it Spoiler I personally think that the Russian segment is just haunted by Mir's ghost but no one listens to me, I wonder why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 The unplanned test of the ISS attitude control systems has taken place not due to Soyuz failure, but due to the on-ground systems malfunction. https://www-interfax-ru.translate.goog/world/797660?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=nui 3 hours ago, Minmus Taster said: I personally think that the Russian segment is just haunted by Mir's ghost but no one listens to me, I wonder why? They think, it's the unborn souls of LOP-G and ROSS are trying to break into the real world and finally get made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 https://www.interfax.ru/world/797678 The rescue rovers have moved to the MS-18 projected main and backup LZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 5 hours ago, kerbiloid said: https://www.interfax.ru/world/797678 The rescue rovers have moved to the MS-18 projected main and backup LZ. 'descent vehicle, on which cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, actress Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko...' Why do Yulia and Klim not get to be Cosmonaut? Don't you get Amazon in NuSoviet Russia? Kontakt Jeff Bezos and he will tell you - actor who goes to space is astronaut cosmonaut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 15 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: Why do Yulia and Klim not get to be Cosmonaut? After the flight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 https://www.interfax.ru/russia/797737 MS-18's landed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 I think I've just found a newsbite from a year ago that is of exceptional importance. https://www.rbc.ru/newspaper/2020/10/05/5f75be959a79477fa895076e Apparently until the 2021 budget Roscosmos had to pass on every penny from NASA and commercial flyers directly into the federal budget. This is the first year when they're allowed to hang onto that money. That's really different from all the "Roscosmos only existed thanks to NASA seat fares" rhetoric I keep hearing. The corporation was also supposed to brace for a significant budget cut in 2022. Dunno what it looks like in the actual 2022 budget developed this year, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Don't forget the money from the coming movie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) Yet more arrests around Vostichnyi, this time for a kickback as recent as last year. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5040349 Contractor who reported the kickback is already in jail on a different charge. OprahWinfrey.jpg Edited October 19, 2021 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 34 minutes ago, DDE said: Yet more arrests around Vostichnyi, this time for a kickback as recent as last year. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5040349 Contractor who reported the kickback is already in jail on a different charge. OprahWinfrey.jpg Only 5% kickback? That must be an all-time-low in the industry! Super impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 5 hours ago, sh1pman said: Only 5% kickback? discount card & cashback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 7 hours ago, sh1pman said: Only 5% kickback? That must be an all-time-low in the industry! Super impressive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5iHFSdAU4&t=1h06m49s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 a ghost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 "Here flies Clipper, onboard lies the skipper, the skipper got (something)". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 11 hours ago, kerbiloid said: "Here flies Clipper, onboard lies the skipper, the skipper got (something)". …Flipper? thanked him for all the fish… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 Kosmos 2551 underwent destructive reentry over Michigan https://www.space.com/russian-spy-satellite-kosmos-2551-fireball-video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Highlighted the land below to let another sat take a photo, while they think it's night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 On 10/21/2021 at 5:24 PM, DDE said: a ghost Can't seem to remember this one, some rando named "Jeff" built it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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