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Russian Luch-5V and Kazakh KazSat-3 satellites orbited on Monday operate nominally, JSC Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems representative reports.

ISS-40/41 mission main and back-up crews had a standard flight day training on Russian ISS segment simulator in GCTC.

On Monday, April 28, 2014 Proton-M booster with Kazakh KazSat-3 communication satellite and Russian Luch satellite was successfully launched from Baikonur spaceport.

Russia is going to develop new super heavy booster.

Cosmonaut candidates finished one of the training stage passing the tests in soundproof chamber. In the course of this training mental stability of the cosmonaut candidates under the conditions of isolation with regulated continuous activity was tested.

Soviet Cosmos-1242 expired radio intelligence satellite of Tselina-D space system may sink in the Pacific Ocean on May 7.

Proton-M booster to be launched with briz-M upper stage and two satellites on April 28 was successfully rolled out to the launching complex on April 24.

Works in the framework of Soyuz-2/Meteor-M prelaunch preparations are under way at Baikonur spaceport. Soyuz-2.1b booster with Fregat-M upper stage and Meteor-M space device will be lunched in June 2014.

Progress M-21M cargo vehicle was undocked from the ISS up to April 25 to check Kurs-NA modernized docking and approaching system.

Main and back-up crews of ISS-40/41 mission started passing exams. After examination session the cosmonauts and astronauts will have examinational trainings concluding their preflight preparations in Star City.