Month: August 2021

The press service of French operator Arianespace reported that the heavy launcher Ariane 5 has successfully launched the European satellite Eutelsat Quantum into a geostationary transfer orbit, reports Interfax.

Eutelsat Quantum is the world's first reprogrammable commercial satellite.

The Brazilian satellite Star One D2 was also launched with the rocket.

The launch was carried out from the Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana on Friday at 11:00 p.m. Paris time.

Former CEO of state-owned company Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said that the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure could start working on the establishment of the ground-based space infrastructure. a launch complex for the Soyuz-5 rocket. at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

According to Rogozine, negotiations on the Baiterek project passed successfully and all major differences were resolved.

Источник aif.ru

The scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation, Roman Vilfand, has warned that abnormal heat will hit parts of Russia in early August, TASS reports .

According to the forecaster, the temperature in some areas will reach 39 -41 degrees.

“ The temperature is significantly above normal, the anomaly is above 7 degrees , in the regions of Lipetsk, Tambov and Voronezh since Tuesday. There will be 33-36 degrees. In the Volga Federal District, the weather will also be very hot in almost all regions & mdash; these are the regions of Saratov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Penza, Orenburg, Chuvashia, Mordovia, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Mari El & # 39; & # 39; & mdash; did he declare.

In addition, intense heat will also fall on the regions of Volgograd, Rostov, the Krasnodar Territory and the steppe regions of the Crimea.

Previously, head of the Laboratory of Hydrometeorology Center of the Russian Federation Lyudmila Parshina said that the weather was the last month of summer in almost the entire territory of Russia will be more hot than usual.

According to her, in the central regions during the day 20-26 degrees are expected, at night it will be mostly plus 10-15 degrees. Although some days can be hot when temperatures exceed 30 degrees.

Источник aif.ru