The Federal Space Agency announced plans operating cosmodrome East. The ministry had decided to launch the missiles of the Soviet era. In particular – the spacecraft “Soyuz” 1960 release. Use of the launch complex already scheduled for this year.
According to the presidential decree at the end of this year will start from the Baikonur rocket and the satellite “Lomonosov”. Launch manned spacecraft “Soyuz” will be performed in three years – in 2018.
«first launch manned spacecraft from the East is scheduled for 2018 and should be implemented with the help of spacecraft” Soyuz “with the construction start complex, which will begin operation at the end of 2015 “, – said the head of the press service of the Joint Rocket and Space Corporation (ACCD) Mikhail Fadeev.
The use of the ship, built with the assistance of the Queen, at odds with the declared earlier plans, when the decision to build a new cosmodrome in 2007.
According to the target program “Development of Russian space centers for 2006-2015″, the Eastern allocated about 139 billion rubles., but with the sequestration, this amount was reduced to 126 billion rubles. This year, to approve a new program for the development of spaceports (in years 2016-2025).
The cosmodrome “East” – the future Russian spaceport under construction in the Far East in the Amur region, near the village of Uglegorsk. The total area of the reserved area is 1,035 km² cosmodrome.
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