sh1pman Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) Some highlights from Rogozin’s interview to TASS: Russia to develop super-heavy rocket as reusable spacecrafthttp://tass.com/science/1017451 Second launch pad at Vostochny spaceport may take 45 months to buildhttp://tass.com/science/1017475 Roscosmos chief specifies timeframe for Russian lunar program’s launchhttp://tass.com/science/1016800 Research module Nauka to be launched to ISS in November 2019http://tass.com/science/1017479 Edited August 17, 2018 by sh1pman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Also about a reusable VTHL first stagehttps://translate.google.com.tr/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rbc.ru%2Ftechnology_and_media%2F16%2F08%2F2018%2F5b75a8bf9a7947610ec5138a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 hour ago, kerbiloid said: Also about a reusable VTHL first stagehttps://translate.google.com.tr/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rbc.ru%2Ftechnology_and_media%2F16%2F08%2F2018%2F5b75a8bf9a7947610ec5138a Y u no haz pictures?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 52 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: Y u no haz pictures?! This is just a preliminary design as they write. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 hour ago, sevenperforce said: Y u no haz pictures?! Might look like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 (edited) Non-antropomorphic space robot/avatar is going to be tested in 2019. http://translate.google.com.tr/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.interfax.ru/russia/626252&edit-text= (Google translate is so translate... "Non-radio" in the caption and "non-functional" in the text are "non-android" in original.) P.S. Got it. As Android is a Google's creature they treat "non-android" as a blasphemy and consider everything non-android as non-functional. P.P.S. Which in turn raises a question: what will say Siri if tell her: "Siri! Delete iOS!" Edited August 23, 2018 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 In a move that surprised nobody, proton medium is cancelled, all booked launches will go to regular proton at no extra cost https://spacenews.com/proton-medium-international-launch-services-answer-to-falcon-9-put-on-indefinite-hold/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) The hole on the Soyuz orbital module has been patched with epoxy and duct tape. But probably another one is required to make it flat and nice. http://translate.google.com.tr/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pnp.ru%2Fincident%2Fna-kosmicheskom-korable-soyuz-mozhet-poyavitsya-vtoraya-zaplatka.html&sandbox=1 Upd. After the second patch the air still is leaking a little.http://translate.google.com.tr/translate?hl=ru&sl=ru&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.interfax.ru%2Fworld%2F627405&sandbox=1 Edited August 31, 2018 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Chief designer of Soyuz-5 is going to leave Energia Corp. http://translate.google.com.tr/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&u=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/30/08/2018/5b87c37f9a7947d7b1d711e1&edit-text= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monophonic Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 15 hours ago, kerbiloid said: After the second patch the air still is leaking a little. Maybe there is a second hole across the room from the now patched one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Glad to see they are actually trying to take Angara somewhere! Glad to see that it will hopefully fly more than twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 (edited) Vostochny launchpad will have been repaired because of underground hollows. http://translate.google.com.tr/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&u=https://www.rbc.ru/society/10/09/2018/5b95c6eb9a7947ebe2e45215?from=main&edit-text= Edited September 10, 2018 by kerbiloid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 S7 Space (Sea Launch new owner, and a company where the former chief designer of Soyuz-5 has moved to) is going to make a private launch vehicle with reusable first stage to 2022. http://translate.google.com.tr/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&u=https://www.rbc.ru/business/13/09/2018/5b9a11379a79476930894d22?from=main&edit-text= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 (edited) 50 minutes ago, kerbiloid said: S7 Space (Sea Launch new owner, and a company where the former chief designer of Soyuz-5 has moved to) is going to make a private launch vehicle with reusable first stage to 2022. http://translate.google.com.tr/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&u=https://www.rbc.ru/business/13/09/2018/5b9a11379a79476930894d22?from=main&edit-text= Finally, some good news for a change. There's an interview with him about this future reusable rocket. Edited September 13, 2018 by sh1pman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teilnehmer Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Quote The S7 Space was named the time of creation of the first private missile in Russia I like machine translation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 5 hours ago, Teilnehmer said: I like machine translation! Yeah, it's funny sometimes. It often mistranslates missiles and rockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Forgive my ignorance, but I tried to look through this entire thread before asking the question here: Which rocket are they planning to launch Federation on? As far as I understand, Federation is slated to have a launch mass of 17,000 kg and be ready for a first flight in 2022. However, this appears to leave it without a rocket in time for the maiden flight: Wikipedia, quoting ArsTechnica, says Angara was dropped since it was too expensive. Soyuz-5/Sunkar was chosen instead, but it still only exists on the planning board, and its chief designer recently retired from the company. Neither Soyuz nor Zenit are powerful enough. Proton is being retired at the moment, and Proton-Medium cancelled development. Energia was retired in 1987. So it appears to stand between Angara A5 or Soyuz-5, neither of which are in service or promise to be in service for years. It seems like both of them need to be human-rated before getting to fly Federation too, which takes even longer. Angara A5 is the most viable of the two, but will the costs be bearable? Or will the Federation program be scaled back so it doesn't finish until there is a rocket ready to launch it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 10 hours ago, Codraroll said: Soyuz-5/Sunkar was chosen instead, but it still only exists on the planning board As well as PTK NP Federation itself has been presented as a set of mockups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 9 hours ago, kerbiloid said: As well as PTK NP Federation itself has been presented as a set of mockups. Aha. I must have picked up the idea somewhere that Federation was actually quite far into development already. If that turns out to be wrong, the situation looks a little more balanced. Pie-in-the-sky capsule to be launched by pie-in-the-sky rocket. But just to clarify: This leaves Russia with only Soyuz as a man-rated launcher for the foreseeable future? Add Rokot, Angara 1 and Zenit for unmanned launchers too, after Proton is gone. Everything else than that are only plans, with various degrees of feasibility, with Angara A5 being the only one close to reality. Have I got it right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 20 minutes ago, Codraroll said: This leaves Russia with only Soyuz as a man-rated launcher for the foreseeable future? Add Rokot, Angara 1 and Zenit for unmanned launchers too, after Proton is gone. Everything else than that are only plans, with various degrees of feasibility, with Angara A5 being the only one close to reality. Have I got it right? Imho, nobody currently knows what this trading will result in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Quote Translated from Russian by Microsoft Omsk branch of the Center Khrunichev-production Association "Flight",-on the basis of which is created serial production of "Hangar" missiles, completed the production and delivery of components for the assembly of the second heavy-class rocket carrier "Angara-A5" , https://www.roscosmos.ru/25513/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1pman Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 “Heavy-class rocket carrier” sounds way cooler than what it actually is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teilnehmer Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 5 hours ago, sh1pman said: “Heavy-class rocket carrier” sounds way cooler than what it actually is. Why? AFAIK, its capabilities (24 t to LEO) agree with the definition of a heavy-lift launch vehicle. Or you mean the phrase ‘rocket carrier’ instead of ‘carrier rocket’? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 10 hours ago, Teilnehmer said: Why? AFAIK, its capabilities (24 t to LEO) agree with the definition of a heavy-lift launch vehicle. Or you mean the phrase ‘rocket carrier’ instead of ‘carrier rocket’? Rocket carrier in English sounds like "Aircraft carrier." think: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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