Under the contract with European Arianespace Company Russia will deliver 13 Soyuz-ST boosters to be launched from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana by 2019, - Progress Rocket and Space Centre who is the designer of these boosters Director General Alexander Kirilin reported yesterday.

Beijing saw the first meeting of interstate Committee on Russian and Chinese satellite navigation. The decision to form the Committee was taken in October 2014 at the meeting of Russian Vice Prime Minister and Chinese State Council Deputy Chairman.

Baikonur specialists go on working on ISS program implementation.

New Russian space observatory Millimetron is to be sent to the orbit in 2025. This unit will help gathering information on Universe processes, learn what happens inside black holes, and provide new data on dark matter origin that is supposed to be responsible for universe expansion, - Roscosmos reports.

Roscosmos will stop purchasing Zenit rockets manufactured by Dnepropetrovsk Yuzhmash plant, - Roscosmos spokesman Igor Burenkov reported. According to him the satellites planned to be launched with the help of Zenit rockets will be delivered to the orbit by new boosters of Angara series.

At 15.31, Moscow time, February 01, 2015, rocket and space industry launching crews of Baikonur spaceport successfully launched Proton-M booster with Briz-M upper stage and inmarsat-5F2 space device from #200 launchpad of Baikonur.

Three Express satellites are planned to be launched this year, - Space Communications Federal State unitary Enterprise Deputy Director General Evgeny Buidinov.

According to the decision taken by State Commission Proton-M booster with Briz-M upper stage and Inmarsat-5F2 (Great Britain) telecommunication space device was rolled out to the launching pad of Baikonur spaceport.

ISS orbit was successfully adjusted according to the station’s flight program on January 28, 2015. According to the calculations by MCC ballistic and navigational support service the thrusters of European ATV-5 cargo vehicle were ignited at 21.40, Moscow time, and have been operating for 288,7 seconds, the station got an increment of 0,68 m/s.

ISS orbit to be decreased by 1,2 km, - Mission Control Centre representative reported. Orbit adjustment maneuver will be accomplished with the help of European cargo vehicle ATV Georges Lemaitre. Th thrusters will be ignited at 21.40, Moscow time, the ISS orbit will be decreased by 1,2 km.