“Roskosmos” began development of a new super-heavy rocket for lunar program – BBC

22.08.2016 <- - include virtual = "/ nm2015 / ssi / news / bulka.shtml"!> | 07:33

<-! U7769873 ->

The State Corporation for Space Activities “Roskosmos” began designing a new super-heavy launch at this by creating extra heavy “Angara A5V” Corporation management decided to give up, write «News» .

«We are with the general designer of the rocket complexes” Roscosmos “Alexander Medvedev elaboration of super-heavy class carrier using an engine that we already have, – RD-171, it is the basis for the concept of super-heavy carrier “- said General Director of RSC” Energia “Vladimir sun.

According to him, the projected super-heavy class carrier will be the main rocket in the subsequent implementation of the lunar program.

Solntsev stressed that the use of hydrogen circuits on the first and second stages of this support is not considered.

«The third step we want to take on the already flying” Angara “. This compilation will allow us to save both time and money <...> I believe that the creation of “superheavy” under this scheme is possible in record time – it is about five to seven years “- he said .

The “Roskosmos” suggest that the new missile will be able to withdraw up to 80 tons into low support orbit, and in the future may increase the load-carrying capacity up to 160 tons.

in January, “Roskosmos” rejected from the start, “Angara-A5V” heavy carrier rocket with an oxygen-hydrogen stage until 2025.

Subscribe to “Gazety.Ru” channel in the Telegram , to be the first to know about important news and important events of the day

‘,’ comments_count_plural. ‘: ['

% s

','

% s

','

% s

']}); rambler_comments ( ‘load_comments_count’, {appId: 3}); setTimeout (function () {if ($ ( ‘rambler-comments-count div.empty_comment’)) {clean_mm_addition ();}}, 100); }}); $ ( ‘.button_give_comments’) On (‘ click ‘, function () {location.hash = “comments”; rambler_comments (‘ load ‘, {xid:. “N9024131″, appId: 3}); $ (‘ .rambler -comments’.) show (); $ (this) .hide (); var destination = $ ( ‘#comments’) offset () top; $ (..’ body ‘) animate ({scrollTop: destination},. 1100);});