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"Again a Proton rocket launch failed" - is the third time this year when Russian media publish such a story. Series of setbacks in recent years Russian missiles raises platforma tv serious questions about the state of space exploration technology field required in Russia. How does the spatial domain subordinated industry and the problems faced?
Home "figure" of the Russian space industry - is "chief astronaut" Dmitry Rogozin (as Deputy Prime Minister, he oversees the course of things in the space industry). Arming platforma tv origins Russian space industry and the times of Kievan Rus Prince of Novgorod ("Russia was destined to become a major space power with the very birth of our country"), Rogozin believes that the immediate task of national astronautics colonization Moon (2030), but and early exploration of Mars and other solar system objects. Meanwhile, are still far from this, it is necessary to "achieve excellence in space to create a core of envy by the influential development of our Western partners."
But in the meantime, Russian space program effectiveness is not shining. The main project, the rocket "Proton", was developed in the 1960s, and two new projects, "Russian-M" and "Angara" have come to be completed (the program "Russian-M" has been minimized, and the first launch of the missile, "Angara" that have already spent about 100 billion rubles in 2005 everything was postponed platforma tv 9 times.
GLONASS system was created in 1976, and in 2011 was placed in orbit 24 satellites to 32 satellites of the American GPS system. It must be borne in mind that the oldest part of the American system works in 1993 and the oldest of the Russian - in 2006 In 2015, the United States and China will launch missiles, superior in all respects the "Angara" .
But the most unpleasant for Russia is that accidents and failures orbit launches series became a phenomenon - the "Rokot" * and "Proton" unsuccessful launches share is 13.3% and 7.95%, compared to 1, 7% of Delta rockets USA and the total lack of catastrophe Ariane and Atlas-5. platforma tv
So vigorous statements of vice-premier Rogozin and kaleidoscopic change of leadership Roscosmos they can not deceive us. By the way, the agency's top personnel rotation every two or three years is only the classical coverage for incompetence and irresponsibility.
A second "face" of top Russian cosmonautics platforma tv is the production associations: Space Corporation "Energia" Khrunicev Center, Center for missile construction cosmic "Progress" and another dozen who live in ruthlessly exploiting the long consolidators complex images Russian military platforma tv industry. Today, these companies claim to be "Russian industry leaders" in the field of space technology, which is rather a convention of the image. In recent years, their products have become more expensive and of lower quality.
The price of a missile of "Proton-M" increased between 2001-2013 platforma tv from 250 million rubles to almost 1.4 billion rubles. Total operating cost can reach $ 80-85 million. Meanwhile, a private company in the USA, SpaceX has just delivered a load Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station logistics (ISS) and returned to the ship in good condition back at a cost of $ 84 million. Said the cost of satellite communications of "Express AMU2" provided by Joint-Stock platforma tv "Information Satellite Systems - Reshetnev Company" reach 6.7 billion rubles from 4.8 billion rubles of EADS Astrium European competitor. Production period platforma tv of a spacecraft is in Russia for at least 24 months, and France - 21 months. platforma tv In addition, the quality of Russian products platforma tv is sometimes terribly weak. Of the 48 GLONASS system satellites launched in 2004, six were lost on the way from the start, 18 is beyond the orbits initially foreseen, and 9 satellites approaching critical length of life.
In addition, components of Russian production tools that equip ships and spacecraft / modules represent only about 30%. But because of internal components produced in FR happens 95% of operating errors and failures. New products on the market are hardly Russian reference - although the 2015 competitor SpaceX Falcon rocket will begin to operate Heavy, which will be able to lift into orbit a payload