Russian space agency

ISRO and Russian satellites come within 224 meters of each other; how dangerous is this?

The Indian satellite, Cartosat 2F, weigh over 700 kg and approached Russia's Kanopus-V spacecraft at 1.49 UTC, according to the Russian Space Agency.

Nov 27, 2020, 22:11 PM IST

3-hour manned flights to ISS to begin in 18 months: Roscosmos

ROSCOSMOS is challenging its own manned flight records to ISS, this time under an ultra-fast three hour scheme.

Dec 18, 2018, 12:15 PM IST

Russian Roscosmos successfully flags off 11 space satellites 'without glitch'

During its mission the Fregat upper-stage rocket performed a complex sequence, forming several orbits for the delivery of the satellites, the Roscosmos space agency said.

Feb 01, 2018, 16:16 PM IST

Russian meteorological satellite fails to enter destined orbit

Earlier in the day, Roscosmos announced that Russia had successfully launched a spacecraft carrying 19 satellites from the Vostochny cosmodrome in the country's Far East,

Nov 28, 2017, 17:39 PM IST

60 years after Sputnik, Russian space programme faces troubles

The Soyuz booster, currently the only vehicle that launches crews to the International Space Station, is a modification of the R-7 rocket that put Sputnik in orbit on October 4 1957.

Oct 04, 2017, 18:18 PM IST

Watch - Maiden rocket launch from Russia's brand new Vostochny Cosmodrome!

As per reports, the lift-off took place at 5:01am Moscow time (2:01am GMT) on Thursday.  

Apr 28, 2016, 10:08 AM IST