“Federation” – the name of the new Russian spacecraft – Express-News

15.01 | 23:02

Today, on January 15, a new manned transport spacecraft Russia got its name – the “Federation”. This was reported in the press service of the company-developer of the new ship – Rocket and Space Corporation “Energia».

«Today, January 15, 2016, the jury, chaired by the general director of the state corporation” Roscosmos “Igor Komarov announced the results of competition a better name for the new manned transport spacecraft Russia. The winner was Andrew Smokotin from Kemerovo, first suggested the name “Federation”, – said in a statement.

As it became known, the contenders for the title of the ship has been selected three – “Gagarin”, “Federation” and “Vector” . The best of them, according to the jury, was the “Federation”. However, other names can be used for other development of the domestic space industry.

There were suggested about six thousand original names, but the organizing committee opted for a public vote only ten, “Gagarin”, “vector”, “Federation “,” Astra “,” Galaxy “,” Motherland “,” Zodiac “,” Peace “,” Star “and” Leader ».

The author of the winning name will receive the grand prize – a presence at the launch site at launch vehicle manned spacecraft “Soyuz” to the International Space Station (ISS) in the spring of this year.

The second and third place was awarded to Eugene Vlasov Moscow and Alexey Podmolodu from Ulan-Ude, first suggested the name “Gagarin” and “vector” .

The manned transport ship “Federation” (PTC) will be designed to transport people and cargo to the moon and the space station. The ship – a reusable, for its development of the latest technologies, sometimes having no analogues in the world. Return unit PTC will be made of composite materials provides a reusable docking assembly. The onboard equipment will more effectively meet the challenges of spacecraft rendezvous and docking, will increase the safety of the crew on the extreme phases of flight – placed in orbit and descent to Earth.

It is envisaged a crew of up to four people. The ship can be offline to 30 days, and in the ISS – up to a year.

The total weight of the ship during the flight to the space station will be 14.4 tons, and to the moon – 19 tons. The length of the ship – 6.1 meters.

To launch spacecraft into orbit is planned to use the carrier rocket heavy class “Angara-A5V».