Russians: Baikonur Alternative Years Away By Daniel Sorid
Here I am not sure if the Russians are building a new cosmodrome or adding on to Plesetsk. The article is dated 1999 and speaks of a six or seven year timeframe. Therefore as early as 2005 we could see a new cosmodrome. -Am
Staff Writer posted: 05:09 pm ET 20 July 1999
The General Director of Russia's Khrunichev space center, Anatoly Kiselev, said the country will still need to rely on Kazakhstan's Baikonur launch facility for at least another six or seven years, the Itar-Tass news agency reported today.
Baikonur, which is leased to the Russians by Kazakhstan, is the only Russian launch site capable of launching the Proton rocket, according to NASA.
During a radio interview, Kiselev said it would cost from $250 million to $500 million and six or seven years to build a similar cosmodrome in Russia. But Russia's other site, the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, will yield new value with the completion of Russia's next-generation booster rocket, the Angara, in the next century, according to Itar-Tass. http://www.space.com/news/baikonur_alt.html
STATUS REPORT AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Main Directions Of Current Industrial Activities Development, manufacturing and delivery of spacecraft, launch vehicles, space stations and their various modules, different space systems in the framework of Russian Federation Space Program.
Maintaining wide range of fundamental, system and conceptual research studies in the field of advanced space system and technology; feasibility, cost, trade-off and vehicles configuration analysis for spacecraft and launchers.
Full-scale development and ground tests of space systems, technology and equipment on system and unit levels.
Foreign-economic and international space market activities.
"ANGARA" LV FAMILY - YEAR 2000 Background Currently all countries-members of "space club" are maintaining full-scale development programmes aimed at bringing into commercial service the new generation of highly-effective launch vehicles (LV).
New launchers are planned to be reliable, cheap and have remarkable level of affordability.
This means for Russia that assured access to space can be guaranteed only on the basis of advanced space technology and must be considered of highest state priority. The key element in overcoming this challenge is "Angara" LV family.
Historical milestones of the Khrunichev Space Center activities (1,664Kb)
Angara LV Family Rationale During the recent years Khrunichev Space Centre is being developing the new generation LV family, which will be:
well fitted into Russian Federation Space program;
highly competitive in the world launch service market;
fully manufacturing by Russian industry.
Angara LV family will utilise eco-friendly fuel and will be prepared and launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome.
Angara LV family will be capable to serve all the foreseen demands of launch service market, covering the injection from small spacecraft into LEO till heavy and most complicated communication satellites directly into GEO.
Evolution Of Angara Project Requirements of Government Agencies
Market requirements
Trade-off studies and conceptual design
Full-scale development, ground qualification and validation tests
Verification flight test
Operational service
Evolution of Angara Project (337Kb)
ANGARA LV FAMILY CONCEPT First stage main engine RD-191M
Second stage main engine RD-0124
On-board command and control equipment
Breeze-KM, Breeze-M, KVRB upper stages
Payload fairings of Rockot, Rus, Proton, Proton-M, Angara
Common core first stage booster
Second stage booster
Initial operation capability
Ground support facilities of Zenit, Rus and Rockot launch systems
Main Characteristics Of Angara-A5 Heavy-Lift LV (288Kb)
Main Components Of On-Board Control System’s Equipment Main Components Of On-Board Control System’s Equipment (356Kb)
Typical Pre-Launch And Launch Operations Typical Pre-Launch And Launch Operations (787Kb)
Launch Service Market Forecast Launch Service Market Forecast (132Kb)
ANGARA LV FAMILY - FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS Expansion Of ILS Partnership LOCKHEED MARTIN and KHRUNICHEV signed agreement July, 28, 1999 to expand International Launch Services partnership to include Angara family of launch vehicles
Agreement includes franchise fee for exclusive world-wide marketing rights
Protecting and sustaining most successful US-Russian joint venture
Commercial launch services from Plesetsk cosmodrome will start in 2003
Main Characteristics Of Super Heavy Angara LV (190Kb)
Fly-Back Reusable Booster "Baykal" Based On Angara LV Technology (1,144Kb)
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