Commercial/Private Space Industry Projects: News and Updates

PapaDragon wrote:

Russia’s space agency considers exporting rocket engines

Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos is considering exporting RD-180 rocket engines to other countries, apart from the United States


More:
http://tass.com/science/940531

MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/. The deliveries of Russian rocket engines to the United States will continue through 2024-2025, CEO of the United Rocket and Space Corporation Yuri Vlasov said on Friday.

miketheterrible wrote:speaking of private space industry in Russia:

https://vpk.name/news/186994_galaktika_rassmatrivaet_vozmozhnost_pokupki_rossiiskogo_startapa_lin_indastrial.html

"Galaxy" is considering buying Russian startups "Lin Industrial"

So the first group I believe is a micro satellite based company and they are interested in purchasing Lin Industrial which is making small rockets to launch micro sats into space.

Rmf wrote:............
Usa will have commercial market cornered with Musk Falcon -x and dollars from commercial markets pouring in...

Rmf wrote:.....
,while russia will suck dry bones, super heavy rocket- SLS in 2020s will be ready , USA has powerfull hydrogen engines russia doesnt even have a dream of in future and will stop buying russian engines...

Rmf wrote:.....
because of new Musk methane engines by 2020s,  which will bankrupt Russian energomash...

Rmf wrote:......
Usa multi-pronged approach is paying of handsomely and  Russia is left in the dust in all fields ,and no amount of whining and chest thumping can change that...sad .

miketheterrible wrote:Why don't you guys just do the forum a favor and everyone just place him on ignore list?  He has been proven wrong time and time again, as well as he complains about nothing or misquotes the issue or even misrepresents the issues (he has 0 knowledge in manufacturing obviously).

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Big_Gazza wrote:

PapaDragon wrote:Zak has gone silent on BS front

Not so much I'm afraid, check out his fawning idiocy regarding Angara A-5M...

http://russianspaceweb.com/angara5m.html

Savour these little morsels of Atlantacist cock-fondling...

Angara-5 launcher was rumored to be prohibitively expensive for commercial users and its payload delivery capabilities turned out to be around 22 tons to the low Earth's orbit instead of the projected 24 tons. There were reports that Angara-5 could not compete in cost and payload with its veteran predecessor -- the Proton rocket

Yeah sure Zak... rumours...  reports...  has he been scrying his cup full of tea leaves again?  Angaras payload to LEO is a full 2T off-spec????  Seriously?  /facepalm

Or this 5th-columnish gem of defeatism:

The public pronouncements about the Angara-5M variant coincided with the decision of the Russian government to fund the development of the new medium-class rocket, which could also serve as a basis for a five-booster super-heavy rocket. Theoretically, a three-booster combo of the same new rocket could also form an intermediate vehicle comparable to Angara-5.

As a result, the Angara family faced the potential prospect of becoming obsolete even before it had a chance to enter service. Not surprisingly, the development of the Angara-5M variant would be critical for the competition at home and abroad.

Obsolete... a new modular 25T class vehicle for domestic launch services is going to be...  obsolete....  because someone could "theoretically" stick 3x New_Zenits together on a yet-to-be built SHLV pad in 2030....  Well, this will get rmf frenziedly interfering with himself, but no-one with an IQ greater than their shoe-size is going to take this BS seriously...

Sorry PD, but the Atlanticist twerp Zak is not yet finished with his servile grovelling to the "Shining City on the Hill"...

MOSCOW, August 10. /TASS/. The launch of the Proton-M carrier rocket with the Spanish satellite Amazonas 5 is scheduled for September, the Khrunichev Space Center reported on its website.

MOSCOW, August 10. /TASS/. The Angosat satellite planned for its launch from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan aboard a Zenit carrier rocket is ready for the last stage of trials, Russia’s Energiya Rocket and Space Corporation said in a statement posted on its website on Thursday.

Big_Gazza wrote:

PapaDragon wrote:SpaceX new suit:

Don't see any connection points for power/heat or air supply?  Gloves don't appear to include rigid articulated joints for ease of hand operations in a vacuum.  Certainly isn't a fully self contained design like an EVA suit, so what gives?  For how long can this suit keep it occupant alive in the event of an inadvertent cabin depressurisation in orbit?

Spacesuits aren't a fucking fashion accessory.  They are designed conservatively to keep their occupants alive, not to satisfy Muskian groupie fan-bois desires to look cool while posing in front of cameras and sipping a space-latte from a zero-G cup....