Construction of infrastructure at the cosmodrome «Eastern» for the launch vehicle «The hangar» It will start in 2018 year

The federal target program for the development of cosmodromes has been submitted to the Russian Government for consideration.

Head of the state corporation «Roscosmos» Igor Komarov in an interview with TASS reported on the prospects of Russian cosmonautics up to 2025 years. According to him, the Federal target Program for the development of Vostochny and Plesetsk cosmodromes and the implementation of certain measures at Baikonur, providing for the allocation of 340 billion rubles. In mid-September, the contractor for the construction of the second stage of the cosmodrome will be named. «Eastern».

«We had an agreement with the Ministry of Defense that in the second half of September, our colleagues would present a candidate company that would build a launch pad for the launch vehicle. «The hangar». A program for the development of spaceports will be approved in the near future. Thus, we hope that its financing will begin by the end of October.», - Igor Komarov reported.

According to experts, the construction of infrastructure for the launch vehicle «The hangar» It will start in 2018 a year after the approval of the project documentation. «Roscosmos» plans to launch a superheavy class rocket «The hangar» from the Vostochny cosmodrome in 2021 year.

Assembly of universal rocket modules (UTM) for launch vehicles «The hangar» All classes will be produced at the Omsk production association. «Flight», part of the Khrunichev Space Center. The basis for creating launch vehicle variants «The hangar» The environmentally safe oxygen-kerosene rocket modules of the UTM serve-1 (for the first and second stages) and UTM-2 – for the upper stages of launch vehicles. On the software «Flight» There will be a workshop for the final assembly of the UMR, equipped in accordance with modern requirements.