WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Russia plans to nearly double its number of orbiting GLONASS communications satellites over the next three years.

MOSCOW, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Russia's top space official said international cooperation is needed to deal with the threat of an asteroid collision with the Earth.

MOSCOW, June 9 (UPI) -- The Russian displays at the ILA-2008 International Aerospace Exhibition, held in Berlin from May 27 to June 1, can be described as epoch-making.

MOSCOW, March 4 (UPI) -- The development of Russia's high-tech sector, primarily the national space program, resembles a Camel Trophy race, while official reports do not always reflect the real situation.

MOSCOW, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- H-hour -- the time American spy satellite USA-193/NROL-21 had to fall -- was calculated for March 6. Where the crash would have taken place would have been unknown until the last moment. A more or less accurate site can be established only an hour or two before a satellite enters the denser atmosphere.

MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Russian space industry experts are currently discussing the concept of a federal program to use the results of space research to aid national socioeconomic development.

MOSCOW, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Russia is developing a space platform from which missions to the moon and Mars could be launched, the Russian space agency said Tuesday.

MOSCOW, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Russian and Indian space agencies announced their ministers have signed a joint lunar research and exploration pact.

MOSCOW, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Russian space officials say they will continue to use Kazakhstan's Baikonur launch site until at least 2020.