In Soviet times, Moscow’s space program competed with that of the United States; but now, it is falling behind China, which is launching more satellites into orbit, has more facilities to launch them, and has developed public-private cooperation to the point that it can respond to challenges far more quickly and efficiently, Mariya Sokolova says.

The Novyye Izvestiya observer points out that the Chinese successfully launched 86 rockets in........

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