space environment №170 22.11.2017 (2018)

The Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute (Baltic State Technical University of the Military Academy named after D.F. Ustinov) is 85 years old.

Vostochny Cosmodrome is preparing for the launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with the Meteor-M hydrometeorological satellite.

One line:

- Khrunichev Rocket Center;

- Plan to launch the Messenger series communication satellites into orbit in 2018;

- Study of the seismic activity of Venus;

Chronograph: from the history of the ISS construction.

Astrophoto of the week: a selfie of the Curiosity rover, a car from the Taurida meteor shower over the Italian Alps, the Tarantula nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud.