The developer revealed the ability of the new Russian ship "eagle"
New Russian spacecraft "eagle" in the event of a crash at startup will have the opportunity to land in the ocean, told in the interview Last news the chief designer for the creation of a manned transport ship the new generation Igor Hamic.
New Russian spacecraft "eagle" in the event of a crash at startup will have the opportunity to land in the ocean, told in the interview Last news the chief designer for the creation of a manned transport ship the new generation Igor Hamic.
He said that after such emergency landing, the astronauts will be safe until a rescue within 2 days.
"Return device has a positive buoyancy. In the case of a water landing, the crew must wait for the command of search and rescue, for which communications and onboard the recovery vehicle would provide the radio for 48 hours ", - told Hamic.
simultaneously, the developer said that as long as it is not clear who and how will be in this situation to save the astronauts and work on the creation of such complex will be completed in 2021.
Track the orbit at the start of the spacecraft from the Vostochny space centre stretches over the Pacific ocean.
1st flight of the " eagle ", according to unconfirmed information, will take place in 2023 on the carrier rocket "Angara-A5" from the cosmodrome East. In 2024 it is planned unmanned in 2025 - flight of a manned spacecraft to the international space station.
Full text of interview read on Ria. EN 22: 30.
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