Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Science: Federal Space Agency: Ministry of Defense requires the development of heavy-duty heavy rocket “Angara» – CPV.ru

 
 

This information was voiced head of the Russian Space Agency Yuri Koptev NTS at Tuesday, March 24.

According to Yuri Koptev, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defense is needed booster capable of orbit 35-37 tons of payload. This heavy-duty vehicle Russian military needed to remove the low earth orbit heavy military satellites.

The existing launch vehicles, according to Koptev, can not meet such requests the Defense Ministry, as even promising rocket “Angara-A5V “equipped with an oxygen-hydrogen third stage in the future will be able to bring to geosynchronous transfer orbit only 12-12.5 tons of payload, and” Angara-A5 “with a hydrogen unit and at only 7 tons.

« Therefore there are a number of projects for the Ministry of Defense, where we do not provide the excretion of the target orbit payload, and we have some equipment to shoot the target, “- commented on the situation head of the NTS Roskosmos.

Correct the situation, according to Koptev, can only the creation by 2022 of another variation of “Angara” – heavy duty rocket “Angara-7″, able to place in orbit to 38 tonnes of payload.

Just for comparison. Developed by NASA booster «Delta Heavy» can deliver to geosynchronous transfer orbit no more than 12-14 tons of cargo. Chinese heavy rocket “stopped” by 10 tons of payload, and ESA engineers plan their rocket «Ariane 6″ will be able to deliver in 10-11 tons of cargo space.

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