General Director - General Designer of the enterprise Alexander Leonov said that the launchers for this type of missiles were transferred to TsENKI JSC
PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 22. / TASS/. Reutov NPO of Mechanical Engineering (part of the Tactical Missile Armament Corporation) It does not plan to resume launches of carrier rockets "Strela" from the Baikonur cosmodrome. This was announced by the general director-General designer of the enterprise Alexander Leonov in an interview with TASS at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army - 2021".
"For many reasons, there are no plans to resume launches of Strela launch vehicles from the Baikonur cosmodrome," he said, answering a corresponding question.
According to him, the mine launchers for this type of missiles that were available at Baikonur "have now been transferred to TsENKI JSC.
The Strela launch vehicle is a liquid-fueled two-stage light class designed by the NPO Mashinostroenie on the basis of the RS-18 (UR-100N) intercontinental ballistic missile. The control system was developed by Kharkiv JSC "Hartron". The launch mass of the rocket is 105 tons, the payload is up to 2 tons.
The first launch of the Strela launch vehicle was carried out on December 5, 2003. The overall cargo model of the spacecraft was put into orbit. A total of 3 launches were performed, all of them were successful. In the second and third launches, the Condor and Condor-E spacecraft were put into orbit.
The Army-2021 Forum is being held at the Patriot Exhibition Center near Moscow from August 22 to 28.
