"Kosmotras" has planned a new launch of "Dnepr" in 2015

In accordance with the contract subsequent to the start of the conversion carrier rocket "Dnepr" is scheduled for 2015, said the marketing Director of an international space organization "Kosmotras" Eugene Solodovnikov.
"All actions of ISC Kosmotras convicted under commercial contracts are in Accordance with approved plans. Our portfolio of applications there are a number of signed contracts, which involve the spins in the period 2015?2017. Specific data on the timing, the sequence starts and their customers will be provided after agreeing dates of starts, " said Solodovnikov.
"at the end of last year the share of Ukrainian shareholders of ISC Kosmotras was purchased a number of Russian investors," according to the RIA " Novosti "." Inform our current and potential customers, the publication in Russian media in February 2015 on a temporary stop of the program "Dnepr" do not reflect the real wealth of cases, "- stated in the message published on the Internet representation of the organization "Kosmotras" in March of this year." All actions of ISC Kosmotras for the execution of contractual obligations are carried out in Accordance with approved schedules. ISC Kosmotras is aware that these reports have caused great concern and confusion, but, unfortunately, we had no possibility to influence this situation and we apologize for the inconvenience ", - explained the press service of the organization. In the start-up Manifesto, published on the Internet office of Kosmotras ", it was stated that during the 2016-2017 is expected to conduct five launches Dnipro. Remember, In prosesi Thursday, a source in the Russian defense Ministry said that "instead of Ukrainian plants technical support of the program "Dnepr" takes on its own shoulders the State rocket center named after Makeev (Miass, Chelyabinsk region) ". In mid-June, the commander of the strategic missile forces Sergei Karataev said that the strategic missile forces (RVSN) has stopped the launches of the Dnepr program, within which destroyed an Intercontinental ballistic missile RS-20 with a fair inference in the payload space. On Tuesday, the assistant commander of the strategic Missile forces (RVSN) Igor Denisov said check new strategic missile "Sarmat" to replace " Satan ", will begin in a year or two." Dnepr ? three-stage liquid-propellant missile, the first and second stages which are established for ballistic missile RS-20. Conversion of a rocket launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome and the base "Clear" near Orenburg. The previous launch was held at the end of March 2015.


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