According to new information, the adaptation of the Russian spacecraft of the new generation to the Angara rocket has been shifted. Now it is planned to be completed at the end of August.
The bundle of the ship "Eagle" and the rocket "Angara" can be called the main hope of the Russian space industry. Nevertheless, the timing of the integration of the spacecraft into the carrier had to be postponed. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the state procurement website .
Last year, the chief designer for the development of the ship at Energia, Igor Khamits, said that the preparation of a draft project for the creation of the Angara complex with the Eagle, within which work is being carried out on the integration of the launch vehicle with the spacecraft, should be completed in the first half of 2021.
In December, it was reported that the space agency will send 1.1 billion rubles for the development of the draft project. The completion date was March 2021. In turn, according to the data presented recently on the public procurement website, the draft design should be developed by August 31, 2021.
Initially, as a carrier for the ship "Eagle" wanted to use a new rocket "Rus-M", but later its project was closed. After that, a new "Angara" or a promising "Soyuz-5"was named as possible carriers. As a result, the first option was chosen for the first launches of the ship.
The "Eagle" should become a reusable manned spacecraft capable of solving a wide range of tasks. It is assumed that it can be used for flights to the orbital station and the satellite of our planet. At the same time, according to a recent statement by the head of the space department, the device may be "too expensive"to supply the station.
Also, according to the head of Roscosmos, the capabilities of the Angara launch vehicle will allow assembling manned complexes in orbit, with the help of which it would be possible to explore deep space.
Recall that the program of the new Russian missile has recently passed an important stage: the Khrunichev Center began assembling the first serial carriers "Angara-A5", previously ordered by the Ministry of Defense. In total, in 2022-2024, the military should receive four new missiles of this type.
"Angara-A5»
Image source: Khrunichev Center
Currently, the A5 has only two launches. The first was produced in 2014, the second took place in 2020. The third launch of the rocket may be held this year. As the date of the first unmanned launch of the spacecraft "Eagle" was called 2023. A manned launch could take place in the middle of the decade.
