Russia’s space agency to submit its amended lunar program to the government in June
According to Alexander Bloshenko, Roscosmos Executive Director for Long-Term Programs and Science, Russia’s space agency to submit its amended lunar program to the government in June.
Alexander Bloshenko, Executive Director of @Roscosmos for advanced programs and science, informed us today about a new ambitious plan to develop the #Nuklon complex, which includes #TEM, the nuclear propulsion space tug, with launch date in 2030. 🤷♀️ https://t.co/e0xPinJ0LU pic.twitter.com/YobGhOPtLz
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“We will submit the program, to the government in June,” he said at the New Knowledge forum. He further added that “the program will adjust to the four-launch scheme.”
According to a Russian space official, the latest iteration of the lunar program calls for the use of a super-heavy carrier rocket. For this purpose, the option is to use four Angara rockets. Russia’s space agency to submit its amended lunar program to the government in June.
Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of Roscosmos, also said in late 2020 that the availability of two launch pads for the Angara carrier rocket (at the Vostochny and Plesetsk space centers) beginning in 2023; will allow for combined launches, assembling crewed spaceships in orbit. Furthermore, he added that this would be the fundamental instrument for the launch of lunar explorations. In March, the Roscosmos leader that a four-launch option using Angara rockets. The Primary Goal is to transport the crew to the Moon. It would be less costly than a flight using two super-heavy rockets.
Russia plans to send its first manned space mission to the Moon by 2030.
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