RSC " Energia " was instructed to develop Sea launch "
The government has charged to prepare proposals on further development of the unique international floating cosmodrome " Sea launch ", which also takes Ukraine, said the head of RSC Energia, Vitaly Lopota.
" There is an order Medvedev and Dmitry Rogozin Sea launch to continue and to prepare a proposal on the run ", said ITAR-TASS Lopota. According to Lopota, this unique project provides an opportunity to preserve the intellectual potential, which included development of a carrier rocket " Energia ", which has unsurpassed in our days in the world of technical parameters." These technologies we maintain due to the project " the Sea start ". The future development of heavy missiles also depends on whether we can get It to keep ", - noticed the head of RSC Energia. Remember, at the end of June of current year has any information that is unique floating cosmodrome " Sea launch " have an opportunity to preserve for two years. The reason is that the production of launch vehicle " Zenit 3SL " is hosted in the Ukraine. However, the Ukrainian side rejected the suspension of deliveries of missiles." Sea launch - 1st in the history of commercial international project rocket and space complex ocean placement. The main goal is rendering services on firing spacecrafts from the floating launch platform. The vast number of satellites in the geostationary orbit of the Equatorial area of the Pacific ocean. International Company " Sea launch " was founded in 1995 with the assistance of the American organization Boeing, the Russian Energia, Norwegian Kvaerner " and Ukrainian plants Yuzhnoye and Yuzhmash. It is the largest international commercial project of creation and operation of rocket and space complex of a sea of accommodation. The company and the eponymous floating cosmodrome created in order to implement the idea of launching rockets from the equator. International cartel " Sea launch " was established in 1995. After the change in the structure in 2010, the headquarters of the organization of Sea Launch AG is located in Bern (Switzerland). The Carrier rocket " Zenit-3SL " consists of two-stage launch vehicle Zenit-2S " and block DM-SL production RKK " Energy ". The media can provide low earth orbit from eleven to fifteen tons of payload, on transition to the geostationary orbit six tons into geostationary orbit - four tons.
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