Energia augmente sa production pour un 5ème soyouz annuel

18.06.2010 / 00:05 Corporation "Energia" increases the production of spacecraft


Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (Korolev, Moscow region) before the end of the year will introduce a system of equipment which will increase the production manned spacecraft "Soyuz" with four to five per year, Interfax-AVN. On told reporters at the Baikonur Cosmodrome president of the corporation Vitaly Lopota.
"During the month we start the very first technological development, and this year we just introduce the all-in-system", - said V. Lopota talking about retooling of the corporation.
B. Lopota said that previously the corporation has mastered the new technology of connecting nodes and thermal protective coatings, which will shorten their production.
According to him, after the corporate technology base will be prepared for the five manned spacecraft in the year, you can begin negotiations to conclude contracts for the manufacture of ships, and plan to use them.
"And while I prepare their own reserves, so that our words and deeds did not disperse," - said V. Lopota.

19.06.2010 / 00:56 Roskosmos in 2010 to finance the fifth tab Soyuz


Roskosmos plans before the end of 2010 to transfer an advance payment of RSC Energia, a bookmark and the construction of the fifth manned Soyuz TMA, said, replying to RIA Novosti, the head of manned programs of the Federal Space Agency, Alexei Krasnov.
Currently, RSC Energia, provides the construction of four spacecraft "Soyuz" in the federal space program for the rotation of crews on the International Space Station (ISS). For the launch of commercial programs, in particular, to ensure the safety of space tourists, Russia need an extra, fifth spacecraft annually.
"Funding for the fifth Soyuz spacecraft will be soon. Fifth Soyuz needs RSC Energia for joint-stock company to develop the market for commercial space services. In addition, we have been representatives of the Canadian Space Agency with a request to run their astronauts to the ISS . This option may appear only after the commissioning of the fifth manned spacecraft "Soyuz" - said Krasnov.
Since 2009 Russia has been able to double the production of spacecraft "Soyuz" on the stocks of RSC Energia from two to four in connection with an increase in the ISS crew from three to six astronauts.