Kazakhstan

OneWeb satellites unlikely to launch on Russian rocket after ultimatum

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UK officials refused to sell shares in satellite firm OneWeb in response to demands by Russia, and the company says it is focusing on staff safety at the launchpad in Kazakhstan Space 2 March 2022 By Jonathan O’Callaghan A Soyuz rocket carrying OneWeb satellites at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Roscosmos Press OfficeTASS via Getty Images The … Read more

Kazakhstan unrest not affecting Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport, Russia says

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The current chaos in Kazakhstan isn’t seriously impacting the famous spaceport in the nation, Russian officials say. Spiking fuel prices spurred a wave of protests recently across Kazakhstan, an autocratic Central Asian nation that was once part of the Soviet Union. Some of those protests have turned violent, resulting in the deaths of dozens of … Read more

Kazakhstan unrest: Internet shutdown hits a fifth of global bitcoin mining network

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The second largest bitcoin mining nation in the world has cut off internet access, slashing the amount of computing power dedicated to the cryptocurrency Technology 7 January 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Riot police gather to block demonstrators during a protest in Almaty, Kazakhstan Vladimir Tretyakov/AP/Shutterstoc​k Nationwide internet outages in Kazakhstan amid civil unrest have knocked … Read more