space environment №181 14.02.2018 (2018)

Baikonur, the launch of Soyuz-2.1a with the Progress M S-08 cargo ship.

ExoMars completes braking with the help of the planet's atmosphere, comments by Maxim Mokrousov and Alexander Trokhimovsky.

Remote sensing satellites "Canopus" in touch.

One line:

- Winter survival training in the CPC;

- Preparation for the launch of the Condor FKA satellite;

- Soyuz MS-06 landing plan;

- Solar panels;

- A mirror for the largest telescope in Russia (BTA).

Chronograph: Venera-1 station.

Astrophoto of the week: double eclipse, "bow tie" in the sky, galaxy NGC 474.