Why Russia does not need new missiles
Space Institute Experts policy came to the conclusion that there is currently no need to develop new launch vehicles, both in Russia and abroad. The reason is that they simply do not have the necessary cargo, since in the next 10-12 years it is supposed to put into orbit no more than 30-40 large satellites.
Against the backdrop of failures with the launches of recent years and competition with Western companies, the Russian space has had big problems. It became known that the Khrunichev Space Center is halving the number of personnel at the Fili rocket plant. Last year, the debt of the center amounted to 23,16 billion rubles.
Due to a series of problems with Protons, he lost a number of clients who went to SpaceX. In 2017, the Ilona Mask company launched its Falcon 19 9 times, and the Russian Protons entered orbit only 4 times. In the next few years, the transition to a more modern and environmentally friendly Angara with its modular design is expected.
It also became known that the Russian company S7 "Space Transport Systems" expects to return to the use of old Soviet rocket engines NK-33 and NK-43 from a forgotten lunar rocket of the USSR under the index N-1. Recall that earlier the company's management criticized the use of obsolete, in its opinion, Soviet of technologies.
Apparently, the Russian space as a business is in the stage of a serious crisis.
Against the backdrop of failures with the launches of recent years and competition with Western companies, the Russian space has had big problems. It became known that the Khrunichev Space Center is halving the number of personnel at the Fili rocket plant. Last year, the debt of the center amounted to 23,16 billion rubles.
Due to a series of problems with Protons, he lost a number of clients who went to SpaceX. In 2017, the Ilona Mask company launched its Falcon 19 9 times, and the Russian Protons entered orbit only 4 times. In the next few years, the transition to a more modern and environmentally friendly Angara with its modular design is expected.
It also became known that the Russian company S7 "Space Transport Systems" expects to return to the use of old Soviet rocket engines NK-33 and NK-43 from a forgotten lunar rocket of the USSR under the index N-1. Recall that earlier the company's management criticized the use of obsolete, in its opinion, Soviet of technologies.
Apparently, the Russian space as a business is in the stage of a serious crisis.
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