{"id":94662,"date":"2025-12-26T18:56:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T18:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/russia-competes-with-us-in-space-capabilities"},"modified":"2025-12-26T19:16:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:16:35","slug":"russia-competes-with-us-in-space-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/russia-competes-with-us-in-space-capabilities","title":{"rendered":"Russia Competes With US in Space Capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Russian companies are present in all sections of the space market, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos chief Dmitry Bakanov said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, as Russia, are present in all segments of the space market,\u201d Bakanov told Russian broadcaster RBC.<\/p>\n<p>Bakanov said that Russia was developing the country\u2019s national orbital station and possessed heavy and light class missiles of the Angara type, the Soyuz-2 medium class and Soyuz-5 ultralight missiles in perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have our own geostationary satellites, low-orbit satellites, and remote sensing satellites. We have our own navigation system. As you know, we are the only country in the world with GLONASS [Global Navigation Satellite System], while the US has GPS and China has BeiDou fully deployed,\u201d the Roscosmos head added.<\/p>\n<p>Roscosmos was established in 2015 through the transformation of the Federal Space Agency. Roscosmos manages the Russian space program, develops infrastructure, conducts research, and launches and operates space equipment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Russian companies are present in all sections of the space market, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos chief Dmitry Bakanov said. \u201cWe, as Russia, are present in all segments of the space market,\u201d Bakanov told Russian broadcaster RBC. 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