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On ‎31‎.‎03‎.‎2018 at 11:59 AM, NSEP said:

Hypergolics are the only options for Russian ICBM. Russia doesn't seem to have any experience with SRB's, let alone Hybrid Rockets.

Well...

The thing is, the Sarmat must squeeze into the old Voevoda launch silos as a cost-saving measure. Solid missiles are bigger pound-for-pound, so instead they used Makeyev, who specialize in extremely space-efficient SLMBs:

Komponovochnaya_shema_rakety_Layner.jpg

And NOBODY has managed to get hybrids to work in a military capacity.

On ‎31‎.‎03‎.‎2018 at 2:35 AM, sevenperforce said:

RD-275M, maybe?

Reportedly an RD-264 derivative. It's designed to work with the mortar ejection.

Here's a non-reposted video:

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You can count the nozzles.

Also, because someone asked, keep in mind that R-36 was two-stage as well.

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http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/roscosmos/putin-lays-priorities-russias-space-program-cosmonautics-day/

Info from this article:

  • Federatsiya test flight in 2021/2022
  • Russia wants in on LOP-G
  • Lunar lander based at LOP-G by 2030
  • SHLV by 2028, launch from Vostochny, pad needs to be built before the rocket

Federatsiya might fly to LOP-G before the SHLV is done. Perhaps a rendezvous with a Proton Stage 3 and Block-DM in LEO/MEO?

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22 hours ago, _Augustus_ said:

http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/roscosmos/putin-lays-priorities-russias-space-program-cosmonautics-day/

Info from this article:

  • Federatsiya test flight in 2021/2022
  • Russia wants in on LOP-G
  • Lunar lander based at LOP-G by 2030
  • SHLV by 2028, launch from Vostochny, pad needs to be built before the rocket

Federatsiya might fly to LOP-G before the SHLV is done. Perhaps a rendezvous with a Proton Stage 3 and Block-DM in LEO/MEO?

Oh look, another stupid, pointless, ultra-expensive SHLV without any sensible payloads.

Well, on the bright side, it's very likely to be cancelled after one or two flights, like N-1 and Energia.

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https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/russia-appears-to-have-surrendered-to-spacex-in-the-global-launch-market/

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On Tuesday, however, Russia's chief spaceflight official, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, made a remarkable comment about that country's competition with SpaceX.

"The share of launch vehicles is as small as 4 percent of the overall market of space services," Rogozin said in an interview with a Russian television station. "The 4 percent stake isn’t worth the effort to try to elbow Musk and China aside. Payloads manufacturing is where good money can be made."

 

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18 minutes ago, tater said:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/04/russia-appears-to-have-surrendered-to-spacex-in-the-global-launch-market/

"The share of launch vehicles is as small as 4 percent of the overall market of space services," Rogozin said in an interview with a Russian television station. "The 4 percent stake isn’t worth the effort to try to elbow Musk and China aside. Payloads manufacturing is where good money can be made."

...until economies of scale reduce launch costs so vastly that the cost of manufacturing payloads begins to drop as well, since the investment threshold is lower, and suddenly Russian launch AND Russian manufacturing is kaput. Or, as they say in Russia, КДРЦT.

(Just kidding. They don't say that.)

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On 4/20/2018 at 2:26 PM, sh1pman said:

To spare a click and cut down on clickbait, Russian satellite electronics are 70% imported, and this is a vulnerability. Full stop.

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