Number of satellites by country 2025: 145 satellites have been launched into the Earth's orbit in 2025 so far.

Credit: Khrunichev Center. Russian space agency Roscosmos has kicked off preparations to deploy Russia’s new ROS orbital station by awarding a contract for Angara-A5M heavy launch vehicles.

With Roscosmos increasingly cut off from U.S. and European space technology, China has stepped in as a critical partner, providing not just political support but also technical capabilities.

Yury Borisov, the director general of Roscosmos, said in a 2024 interview with Russian state-owned news site TASS that the Chinese-Russian reactor will be built "without the presence of humans." He ...

Chang’e-8 Mission to Pave Way for China’s First Crewed Lunar Landing The first major step in realizing this vision is scheduled for 2028, when China plans to launch the Chang’e-8 mission. This mission ...

China and Russia have both said that the construction of the research station is expected to be autonomous, without any human assistance. In a 2024 interview, Yury Borisov, the director of Roscosmos, ...

The object — part of the Kosmos-482 spacecraft that launched 53 years ago — crashed to Earth at around 9:24 a.m. Moscow time (2:24 a.m. ET) on Saturday, according to the Russian space agency ...

Yury Borisov, former head of Roscosmos, said in 2024: “This huge, cyclopean structure would be able, thanks to a nuclear reactor and high-power turbines, to transport large cargos from one orbit ...

UTA has signed Academy Award-nominated actor Yura Borisov for representation in all areas. One of Russia’s most celebrated actors, Borisov received international acclaim for his performance in ...

A Russian Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft, carrying Russian cosmonauts Russians Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky and NASA's Jonathan Kim, has docked with the ISS, Russia's state space corporation ...

Both Dmitry Rogozin and Yury Borisov, the agency’s recent heads, previously served as deputy prime ministers responsible for the defense industry. This background, the RUSI argues, makes clear that ...

Yury Nikolayevich Lashin, 90, formerly of Madison, passed away at Beaver Dam Health Care Center in Beaver Dam, WI at 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday April 2. Yury was born in ...