ISS crew took shelter inside Soyuz spacecraft under the threat of ISS collision with space debris.   Russian Cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov  and American astronaut Mark Vande Hei working aboard the International space station took shelter inside Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft while space debris was passing close to the ISS.

Tonight Russian Mission Control Centre may accomplish debris avoidance maneuver aimed at protecting ISS from the debris of Chinese satellite. Roscosmos is scrutinizing the level of threat a fragment of Chinese meteosat may pose to the ISS. The meteosat was shot down in 2007 during the testing of anti-satellite weapon conducted by China. The fragment approaches the ISS at s dangerous distance at 03.56, Moscow time on November 12.

The launch of Express-AMU2 and Express-AMU7 telecommunication satellites initially planned for November shifted to December, - the sources stated. In June acting Director General of Russian Satellite Communications Company Yuri Prokhorov reported that the launch was planned for November 08. Now Express-AMU3 and Express-AMU7 launch is shifted to early December, - the source said.

34 OneWeb communication system satellites launched from Baikonur with the help of Soyuz-2.1b booster and Fregat upper stage successfully inserted into the final orbit. The rocket was launched from Baikonur on September 14 at 21.07,Moscow time. At 21.16 the upper stage with the satellites entered suborbital trajectory. It took the upper stage 3 hours and 45 minutes to distribute the satellites along the orbit.

The Express-AM5 satellite operated by the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) is used in restoring communications and the Internet in…

A successful launch of 34 OneWeb satellites aboard the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage was executed on…

The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage and 34 OneWeb communications satellites was rolled out from the Assembly…

Soyuz-2.1b booster with satellites was successfully launched from Plesetsk launchsite on December 03 at 04.14, Moscow time. Fregat upper stage inserted into the orbit Gonets-M communication satellite and another space device for Russian military department’ needs.

The third  Glonass-K new generation navigational satellite launched on Sunday from Plesetsk launchsite with the help of Soyuz-2.1b booster was successfully inserted into the estimated orbit. Soyuz was launched on October 25 at 22.08, Moscow time, at 22.11 ground-based Aerospace Forces operation crews took over the control of the flight. At 22.19 Fregat upper stage with the satellite separated from the third stage of the booster.

Soyuz-2 booster with latest Glonass-K navigational satellite was rolled out from the integration and assembly building of Plesetsk launchsite for the launch planned for October 25, - Reshetnev Informational satellite systems company representative reported.