Inspections as part of the missile system are planned later
MOSCOW, August 28. /TASS/. Autonomous throwing tests of the emergency rescue rocket unit (RBAS) will start in late 2023-early 20024. This was reported to TASS in the corporation "Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering" (MIT, part of Roscosmos).
"Today, according to our calculations, the throwing tests will be carried out at the end of 2023 - the beginning of 2024," the corporation noted.
As specified in the MIT, during autonomous throwing tests, the RBAS is installed on the ground and tests of autonomous operation are carried out. "That is, it starts from the ground to a certain height. We remove the parameters, see if it works correctly, " the institute explained.
Tests as part of the missile system are planned later. At the moment, the stage of autonomous aggregate testing is underway: all the components of the RBAS are being manufactured, engines are being burned, compartments are being crushed to determine the safety margin coefficients.
Now rescue systems (SAS) are being installed on Soyuz ships, the task of the system is to take the head unit with the ship away from the emergency rocket. The Soyuz SAS consists of a rod with a rocket engine and lattice stabilizers that make the detachable unit stable in flight.
The rocket unit of the emergency rescue of the Eagle will be significantly more difficult, since it will be controlled by engines, without aerodynamic stabilizers. The new SAS will consist only of a rod, where two engines will be placed - the main and the control engine.