SOCHI, November 12 – RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded to pay particular attention to Russia’s position in the market of missile launches: a rocket must be reliable and meet the requirements of customers.
“The special focus of the program should be given to strengthening our market position missile launches, both in the field of manned space flight and for the withdrawal of cargo into orbit, primarily of a commercial nature”, – Putin said at a meeting on the development of space Industry on Thursday.
The head of state stressed that in this context it is necessary to think about the long-term prospects.
“The Russian rocket should be reliable and competitive, meet all the requirements from leading customers both domestically and abroad. It is therefore necessary to understand what classes of missiles will be needed in the future, than to have to concentrate our resources “, – said the head of state.
According to him, despite the fact that the Federal Space Program is designed for 10 years, should be considered, and the more distant plans.
“On this basis, build a research and development backlog” – Putin said.
The Russian president stressed that it was important to launch a series of new generation of space instruments and systems, payloads, “that they are on a number of key parameters, of course, superior to the best world standards”.
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