Exploitation de Proton: 4 milliards de $ pour l'Etat russe

MOSCOW, July 15 - RIA Novosti. Khrunichev Center since 1993, carried out 65 commercial launches of carrier rockets Proton, in this State has earned more than $ 4 billion , said the director of the State Space Scientific Production Center Khrunichev Vladimir Nesterov .

" This provided a receipt for the Russian budget of $ 4.3 billion. backlog of orders for launches of carrier rockets Proton in future years is approximately $ 2 billion . In 2009, the Centre Khrunichev set a record by number of launches in its history Running 15 rockets "- Nesterov said Thursday at a press conference .

General Director of the Center press conference timed to the 45 th anniversary of the first launch of the carrier rocket " Proton " , which took place on July 16, 1965 .

Khrunichev Center was founded in 1993 based on the largest enterprises of the rocket and space industry of Russia - plant them. Khrunichev and KB Salyut . The Centre is engaged in the design and development of launch vehicles heavy class .