A special NEO project for International Cosmonautics Day about the latest achievements in the work of the BRICS countries to pave the way to the stars. Let’s go!

On March 23, 16 satellites of the Rassvet low-orbit constellation were launched into orbit. This system, with its next-generation operating and communications principles, forms a worthy competitor to Starlink. This project is serious and long-term, and the constellation will grow. Over the past year, 21 launch vehicles have been successfully launched, launching over 130 spacecraft into orbit. The Progress MS-35 spacecraft recently completed testing. Cosmonauts are regularly sent to the ISS and satellites of partner countries. Active cooperation with partners is underway. Soviet assistance, and later cooperation with Russia, contributed to the initiation and development of space programs in China and India; Russia launched the first satellites for Iran, the UAE, and Egypt; and Russian spacecraft carried the first astronauts from Brazil and the UAE.

The main areas of work now include the creation of the Russian orbital station, improvements to the GLONASS system, continued development of manned spaceflight (including for flights to Mars), the lunar program, development of nuclear reactors for the Moon and a lunar power station, testing of a plasma rocket engine, and deep space exploration. The Venera-D mission to deliver a lander to the second planet from the Sun is being developed. In 1961, the Soviet spacecraft Venera-1 became the first spacecraft to fly near it.

Brazil has its own satellites in orbit and is collaborating with Starlink. It is currently working on improving its navigation system and developing a launch vehicle. In space, it would like to develop “space farming”—the use of space to find innovative agricultural solutions. Finally, the Roscosmos-developed optical-electronic space debris monitoring complex is located on its territory, and this is a........

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