Rogozin explained the cancellation of the satellite launch from Baikonur marriage in "Proton"
The launch of telecommunications satellites, "Express-80" and "Express-103" planned from the cosmodrome Baikonur in March, was postponed to July because of the need to replace the faulty parts in the rocket-carrier " proton-M ", said the General Director of "Rosatom" Dmitry Rogozin.
The launch of telecommunications satellites, "Express-80" and "Express-103" planned from the cosmodrome Baikonur in March, was postponed to July because of the need to replace the faulty parts in the rocket-carrier " proton-M ", said the General Director of "Rosatom" Dmitry Rogozin.
"It was in truth a marriage in the manufacture of individual components at the Ust-Katavskiy plant in the Chelyabinsk region. This 2015-16 years ", - he declared on air of radio station " Komsomolskaya Pravda ".
The head of state Corporation promised that the Experts will finalize the "proton" for the current year.
"It's not fatal, don't worry, It will not affect the launch campaign. Only four months we had to move one of the start - had to be in March, let's make it summer, " - explained Rogozin.
in March the General Director of the Khrunichev Center Alex Morocco told Last news that the Launch of "Express" was postponed for the end of may because of the need of replacement of defective components in "Proton" at the Baikonur. According to the newspaper " Vedomosti ", was said about the faulty bolts used for fastening pipelines second stage of the rocket.
in April, a source in the rocket and space industry said Last news that all 3 are at Baikonur "Proton" will return to the capital of Russia for Troubleshooting. Because of this, according to his statement, the launch of the "Express" will take place at the end of July.
The satellites of "Express-80" and "Express-103" made by "Information satellite systems named after Reshetnev" in the interests of the enterprise "Space communication" will work in a geostationary orbit. They are designed to provide communication services and broadcasting in C-, Ku - and L-bands on the territory of the Russian Federation and in the CIS States.
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