Russia suspends Soyuz rocket launches over European sanctions

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Source: The Verge

Russian space agency Roscosmos has announced that it’s temporarily halting Soyuz rocket launches in French Guiana due to sanctions imposed by the European Union, according to a report by Space.com.

“Roscosmos is suspending cooperation with European partners in organizing space launches from the Kourou Cosmodrome and withdrawing its personnel, including the consolidated launch crew, from French Guiana,” a translated tweet from the agency reads on Twitter. Roscosmos says it’s working on a plan to withdraw all 87 of its staff from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, who assisted with Soyuz rocket launches for Roscosmos and other Russian companies.

Link to tweet

As Space.com points out, European launch provider Arianespace uses Roscosmo’s Soyuz rockets to launch satellites from French Guiana and the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Arianespace was on track to launch two Galileo satellites into orbit using a Soyuz rocket in April, however, that will likely be pushed back due to growing tensions among nations. The US and Europe have put a slew of sanctions on Russia since its invasion into Ukraine, and have also moved to exclude some Russian banks from SWIFT.

“I confirm that this decision has no consequences on the continuity and quality of the Galileo and Copernicus services,” Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for Space said in a statement. “Nor does this decision put the continued development of these infrastructures at risk.”



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[yaesu]

1. The damage pooty has done to his own country alone will take years, decades to reverse nt

[bluestarone]

3. AGREE! Kinda like what TFG has done

To AMERICA!

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Thankfully the U.S. no longer needs them to ferry our astronauts to/from the ISS

[electric_blue68]

12. We don't? Is Europe handling that. I'm behind in info.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. The guy that hoards of DUers insult

has a contract with NASA to do them.

They have now done 3 crew flights (last one was this past November and a rotation is due to happen this coming April using a Dragon module that is currently docked there).

[xocetaceans]

4. I guess Rogozout... Don't let the door hit you in the ass. n/t

[Igel]

5. A while back I had a very remunerative contract to translate some documents.

A particular rocket engine. Soviet design, but Russia (not any of the other 14 respublik) claimed the patents.

Why did I profit much? Because for the US to use the rocket engines it had licensed to have all the tech spec, prod dox, etc., in English. With P&W having a site for quick and ready set-up for producing the engines.

Its the only time my family's come with not just spitting distance but bumping-distance of the alternative minimum tax. Yet it did manage to buy us a new car and living room furniture and vacation. For 5 months' fees. Checks are nice. Car salesman wasn't pleased when I said, "Cash or check?" No interest income on a loan.

I can *only* hope that the US has the alternative production site still in its back pocket, and that very soon the Russian rocket engine will be in (mass) production.

It's a sweet engine. Kerosene and LOX based. 3 main exhausts. Each exhaust can gimble, to provide thrust not along the main axis. Seriously cool tech. If only NASA had developed it. (Sorry, helped translate the production dox and the design specs for this engine. "Sweet" is an understatement, even if it did pull in ancient tech from the '70s. Soviet rocketry wasn't political so they got seriously talented folk. Last math I had to translate--also apolitical--was quite a while back, Lie groups. Not sweet. Painful. (winces) And we won't discuss sociological research. Less painful conceptually, more painful ideology. Hate the idea that part of my pay, in rubles, was Kremlin sourced. Then again, that was what? 4? 5 years ago. It bought my wife's guitar. 3 days before she unexpectedly filed for divorce. Punishment enough. Of course, she filed pro se and seriously screwed it up. Effing process took 4 years. Painful years.)

[AllaN01Bear]

6. this is why we need a truly international space agency.

[Ghost Dog]

14. We need a properly co-operative multipolar international

world order.

[Delphinus]

7. Has anyone heard

about them bringing in these thermobaric bombs?

[link:https://opoyi.com/english/russian-thermobaric-vacuum-bombs-launcher-seen-in-ukraine-cnn-reports|

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Yes it's been mentioned in other threads

Russia will be using the new TOS-1A Solntsepek multiple rocket launcher, which fires thermobaric rockets.
These weapons might violate international law.
Heavy flamethrower battalions are coming to the Russian army.
The goal is to use incendiary weapons – devastating physically and psychologically – to clear enemy troops from cities, bunkers, and tunnels.

[Delphinus]

9. ...

[Karma13612]

10. God help us

SOB!!!!

[burrowowl]

11. So Russia has a mother of all bombs too!

And we call ourselves homo sapiens sapiens.
I hope Putin gets tried at the Hague, but we need to look to ourselves as well. Hopefully the people (GOPers) who backed 1/6 get their just deserts!