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	Most Detailed Earth Pictures Produced by Russian Satellite
	The Russian weather satellite “Elektro-L No.1” has provided 121-megapixel pictures of the Earth, the most detailed photographs in the history of space exploration. The pictures have caused international respect and admiration.
--15-05-2012--
	First Soviet Satellite Falls in Antarctica
	After more that four decades in orbit, Meteor 1-1, the Soviet Union's first fully operational weather satellite, fell in Antarctica on Tuesday, March 27.
--28-03-2012--
	Russian Glonass Satnav System Develops International Market
	Russia says the Latin American and Indian markets will be a priority for Russia's Glonass satellite navigation system.
--14-12-2011--
	Old American Satellite May Fall Down on Moscow
	American Space Agency warns that Moscow is within the radius of falling of the old American research satellite UARS’ fragments, Interfax reports.
--10-09-2011--
	New Satellite to Replace Lost Express AM-4 before 2015
	A new telecom satellite, which will replace the lost Express AM-4, will be put to orbit before 2015, Yevgeny Buidinov, the director general of the Space Communications Deputy, said.
--07-09-2011--
	Russian "Express AM-4" Satellite Lost for Good
	The communication satellite "Express AM-4" has been lost definitively, according to the spokesman of the Space Communications Federal State Unitary Enterprise.
--31-08-2011--
	Creating New Satellite Communication System: RosCosmos’s Contest
	Russian space agency announced a contest for design of a new multifunctional system of personal satellite communication and data transfer from low-orbit space vehicles, RosCosmos’s website says.
--01-08-2011--
	RadioAstron Project: Mirror Opening Successful
	Two days ago a mirror of a space radiotelescope, installed aboard “Spektr-R” space vehicle, was successfully opened.
--25-07-2011--
	Astrophysical Observatory Launched
	Unique astrophysical observatory “Spektr-R” has been launched today from Baikonur launching site. The research programme is called “RadioAstron”.
--18-07-2011--
	Russian Spacecraft to Clean the Orbit
	Russian engineers plan to use a manned spacecraft of a new generation for satellite repair and collection of large space debris, which invade Earth’s orbit.
--06-07-2011--
	Radio Telescope Satellite to Be Launched in July
	Today a “Spektr-R” satellite, carrying a 10-meter radio telescope “Radioastron”, travels to Baikonur for preparations of a launch, scheduled for July 18, 2011.
--24-06-2011--
	How Space Affects Human Bones
	The crew of the International space station will study the problem of calcium removal from bones during long-term space flights.
--15-06-2011--
	3D Maps of Russian Railways to Appear
	Russian engineers combined three modern technologies in order to make precise measurements for building 3D maps of railways.
--14-06-2011--
	New Space Ship for Sun Monitoring to Appear
	Russian physicists will soon end developing a new type of space ships for monitoring the Sun from a very close distance – less than Mercury’s orbit.
--26-05-2011--