Russia may also be working on a capability to perform electronic warfare (EW) from space. INSIDER CONTENT: ISS crew continues battling air leak. Interest in this arose back in the 1980s as part of a large-scale effort to develop countermeasures against America’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), which was aimed at forming a space-based shield against incoming Soviet missiles. Russia will miss having NASA spend $85 million or so a seat for rides on the Soyuz, the amount that will be paid in 2020 as the space agency awaits the arrival of the commercial crew vehicles. The station's structure is ageing. But Russian officials have indicated they could pull out of the ISS in 2025. RUSSIA IN SPACE: present situation and plans for future Yevgeny Zvedre, Senior Counselor of the Russian Embassy for Science and Technology. [5] INSIDER CONTENT: Russian industry outlines future space flight strategies. This new space alliance represents the most significant geopolitical shift in national security space policy in recent decades. The Russian Space Agency shall be a body of federal executive power responsible for carrying out space activity in scientific and national-economy purposes under the jurisdiction of Russian Federation in accordance with the space policy of Russian Federation. Rolls Press/Popperfoto/Getty Images It was termed a “complex for suppression of space communications” in one in a series of yearbooks on Russia’s electronic warfare program, which are among the few primary sources of information on the program. The Russian Space Agency. This image shows the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, the site of … 3rd Space Exploration Conference,Space Exploration Conference, Denver, 26-28 February 2008 Russia is working to expand its anti-access/area denial approach in outer space in the form of electronic warfare, increasing sustainability of its … INSIDER CONTENT: Russia might drop ISS separation plan. The space-related role of Tirada-2 has been confirmed by several official sources. In this photo provided by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, the Progress MS-16 cargo blasts off from the launch pad at Russia's space facility in … The Russian Space Agency shall, within its competence: The U.S. Space Command reports that Russia tested a space-based anti-satellite weapon in orbit on Dec. 16, 2020. 2. Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, who completed a circuit of the earth in the spaceship satellite Vostok in 1961. [Part 1 was published last week] Space-based electronic warfare. Soyuz MS-17 moves to a new location at ISS 1.