tater Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 Video had the change to "private" because it was a scrub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DDE Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Interesting. This guy has been trying to count all of the launches of Roscosmos-made missiles and rockets. Apparently, judging by official statistics, one space vehicle launch is unaccounted for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sh1pman Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 43 minutes ago, tater said: Toxic beauty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Russia has decided to return to the negotiations about her involvement in the LOP-G project. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/25/12/2019/5e02b4ca9a7947320cc14918 So, now Artemis will go much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 5 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Russia has decided to return to the negotiations about her involvement in the LOP-G project. “ISS 2.0 in a really stupid place”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 On 12/24/2019 at 5:19 PM, tater said: Remember seeing a proton for the first time after starting playing KSP and waited in wain for booster separation, Soyuz booster separations are awesome and this has 6 of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 1 hour ago, magnemoe said: Remember seeing a proton for the first time after starting playing KSP and waited in wain for booster separation, Soyuz booster separations are awesome and this has 6 of them. You see, Ivan, when not separate booster is save on decouplers money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Roscosmos celebrates a launch-failure-free year. ...for the first time in sixteen years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Big Padalka interview. He's not a fan of Fyodor, very dismissive of recent 'achievements' - indirectly casting shade on the shift in the industry in the 'naughts - and thinks Russia desperately needs to at least somewhat piggyback in the upcoming space boom. https://ria.ru/20191230/1563002068.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 The link above also refers tohttps://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://ria.ru/20191221/1562669285.html?in=t PTKNP Oryol can perform only 3 lunar flights instead of 10 from Roscosmos requirements. 10 times it can into LEO. According to the Energy Corp., it lacks 18 bln RUR for development. According to Rogozin, it needs less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4472TJ Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hello guys. I've found this on the trailer for Dr Who season 12 and I don't know weather it is a Soyuz or something else. Anyone got any ideas? I seek your Superior Russian knowledge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, 4472TJ said: Soyuz or something else Soyuz doesn't have a door on the capsule, they get in through the hatch on the very top. So, unless the artist sees Soyuz in this manner, it's another capsule of similar design. (Btw, one of early Apollo designs looked close). Spoiler The principle is simple: Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4472TJ Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Thanks for that. This now really shakes things up in the Dr Who world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 10 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Soyuz doesn't have a door on the capsule, they get in through the hatch on the very top. Well, there is this... @4472TJ That looks like it might be based on the Zarya capsule (not to be confused with the ISS module), an abandoned spacecraft concept. I could swear I’ve seen one with a more “door-looking” door like that before, but darned if I can find it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 11 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: I could swear I’ve seen one with a more “door-looking” door like that before, but darned if I can find it now. Could you be thinking of the VA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Ultimate Steve said: Could you be thinking of the VA? No, Zarya was more like a "Big Soyuz" concept, using a much bigger capsule with the same overall shape, I think with more equipment inside so as to be somewhat reusable. There's a couple different Kerbal mods, but they use a round hatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Well, there is this... Soyuz has twin chute boxes (main and backup) behind the crew heads, which are placed inside the cabin, unlike the Apollo or Gemini style where the chutes are on the top ring. Both are closed with round caps, jettisonned in air. You can see this on the photo. It has a small side window (on the photo, to the right) and a sight hole at the crew feet (you can see the sight ocular on the photo, down to from the very middle of the control panel (a round display). 4 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Zarya was more like a "Big Soyuz" concept, using a much bigger capsule with the same overall shape, Yes, it was 4 m in height in diameter, with crew on top. So if this is Zarya, then the door on the picture is probably 2+ m high. Spoiler (Though if the artist depicted the aerodynamic plate (#5 on the left picture) as a door...) Edited January 3, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 OneWeb finally gets special waiver allowing it to launch out of Baikonur and Vostochnyi with participation of military personnel despite prior security objections. Spoiler First payload has been flown to Baikonur, due for launch in January 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 It will take 148 launches for Roscosmos to establish the global orbital system Sphere: 24 Angara-A5 (heavy), 88 Soyuz-2.1b (medium), 36 Angara-1.2 (light). Previously it required only 25 heavy Angara-A5. By 2030 it should include 638 sats (at the moment - 164). This would cost ~324 bln RUR (~5 bln USD). The Sphere should include: global positioning system GLONASS, personal communication system Gonets ("messenger"), middle orbit broadband internet access system Skif and other. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5e25296d9a79475326c944e5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/20/2020 at 10:50 AM, kerbiloid said: It will take 148 launches for Roscosmos to establish the global orbital system Sphere: That's ~15 launches per year for Sphere sats alone. They're really optimistic about their capability. On 1/20/2020 at 10:50 AM, kerbiloid said: This would cost ~324 bln RUR (~5 bln USD). What's more likely, Roscosmos spending 324 bln without massive thefts and dozens of new criminal cases, or SpaceX landing on Mars in 2024? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 The new Russian space debris monitoring system will be renamed to Milky Way. It will consist of four sats: two for the monitoring of LEO, two for outer space. In future two interceptor crafts more will be added, for driving away potentionally dangerous objects. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/692982 P.S. (Not related to the Starlink theme) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 (edited) NPO Lavochkin proposed a space dart concept to penetrate interstellar objects trespassing our system. It should hit an 'Oumuamua-like asteroid at 50 km/s relative speed, penetrate it down to 250 m and release the scientific equipment. The front section of the dart is expendable and will be lost on hit. The rear part is filled with cryogenic ice which is as dense as diamond. On hit the ice will absorb heat and protect the equipment, allowing it to do scientific things. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https://www.interfax.ru/russia/693509 Edited January 31, 2020 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepphhh Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 50 km/s??? I highly doubt we have the technology to make anything survivable at an impact of that speed, no matter in how much ice you encase it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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