Production in Samara equipment sent to the cosmodrome "Kourou"
Yesterday, a rocket-space center "TSSKB-Progress" went the last batch of equipment for the construction of the cosmodrome "Kuru" in French Guiana. A year from there should start spacecraft "Soyuz-ST", also made in Samara.
Construction of a new launch site for Russian-made missiles - a joint project Rosko c Mossi and the European Space Agency. Start with virtually the equator will significantly increase the mass of useful output in the world of cargo space, compared with available now at the disposal of our country cosmodrome.
-- In America to send 105 containers and nearly polsotni "non-places" with equipment for the technical and launch complexes Guiana Space Center - told CEO "TSSKB-Progress" Alexander Kirilin. -- The upcoming launch of Samara missiles will be a landmark event not only for the domestic rocket, but for the entire European space community.
Delivery of equipment and its installation will take several months. Meanwhile, at the Samara plant starting to manufacture launch vehicles themselves. The first launch is scheduled for mid-2009. It is envisaged that only in the initial stage of the project into space ships go 15-20.
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