The SpaceX Mars rover may launch its first orbital flight soon

The American company “SpaceX” announced the date when the Starship spacecraft might launch on its first orbital flight.

"The Starship's first orbital flight is likely to be carried out on April 17, the launch plan approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration," a post on the company's website said.

According to the publication, "the vehicle is supposed to be launched into Earth's orbit from the Boca Chica Space Launch Pad in Texas.

SpaceX said on its Twitter page: “The Starship team is working on preparing the launch rehearsal that will take place next week, after which the first flight test will take place in an orbital flight for the vehicle.”

SpaceX announced the Starship project for the first time during the Adelaide Space Conference, which was held in Australia in 2017, and revealed the initial design of the vehicle in 2018.

SpaceX is supposed to adopt this type of rocket vehicle on long-range space trips, such as trips to Mars and the Moon.

A Russian company is in the process of designing devices that secure communication between satellites

Scientists and specialists at Lobachevsky University in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, have begun working on designing devices for communication between satellites.

This was at the request of the "Reshetnyov" space company.

This was reported on Saturday, April 8, a spokesman for the company "Reshetnyov". He said that the "Reshetnov" company for satellite information systems took the initiative to design promising devices in the future for communication between satellites.

According to the company's "Telegram" account, scientists and specialists at Lobachevsky State University in Nizhny Novgorod participate in the design of these devices. This is within the framework of the Russian government's "Future Engineering Schools" project.

A statement published by the "Telegram" channel stated that the efforts of the university's scientists are supposed to result in the manufacture of an experimental model for the devices that are devoted to organizing a broadband channel for communication between satellites within the very high frequencies used by groups of Russian satellites.