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https://archive.is/20230725092847/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-25/russia-s-space-program-reels-after-putin-s-ukraine-invasion

> Russia’s space program “is a story of poor execution, low funding and poor quality control,” says Maxime Puteaux, an analyst with Euroconsult.

> There’s almost no private space activity in Russia. A pair of Russian companies, SR Space and T1 IT Holding, intend to launch a suborbital rocket by yearend, though they won’t put a spacecraft into orbit before 2025. But Oleg Mansurov, founder of SR Space, is betting that Russia’s increasing isolation will create opportunities for companies like his. Before the invasion almost all satellite data for civilian use in Russia came from foreign companies, he says. With those suppliers shutting down their service, Russia will need its own satellite operators. “We are like a litmus test of what is happening now with private space in Russia,” he says.

> India will now work closely with NASA to send an Indian astronaut to the ISS next year. “The perception in India is that Russia is a technology power that’s on the wane,” says Konark Bhandari, a fellow at Carnegie India, an affiliate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.