The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, recalled that the Luna-26 orbiter will be launched on a Soyuz-2 rocket
MOSCOW, October 20. /tass/. The Russian automatic station Luna-27 will be launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome on an Angara carrier rocket. This was stated by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in the next issue of the General Line program.
"Luna-27 is a heavy lander with a drilling rig, it must be lifted by the Angara. Therefore, we plan to launch these devices in 2024, 2025," Rogozin said.
He recalled that the Luna-26 orbiter will be launched on a Soyuz-2 rocket.
Initially, it was planned to use Soyuz-2 rockets to launch Luna-27.
The first lunar mission in Russia since the Soviet Union is planned for 2022 (Luna-25), the Luna-26 mission is to be launched in 2024, Luna-27 in 2025, Luna-28 in 2027-2028.
Vostochny is the first Russian civilian cosmodrome, it is located in the Amur region near the city of Tsiolkovsky (it appeared in 2015 on the site of the former village of Uglegorsk). The decree on the creation of the cosmodrome was signed by the President of the Russian Federation in 2007. As part of the first stage of construction in 2012-2016, a universal launch complex for Soyuz-2 series launch vehicles was built here. The second stage of the construction of the cosmodrome involves the construction of a launch pad for Angara-A5 launch vehicles and related infrastructure. It is assumed that the construction of the second stage will be completed at the end of 2022.
Angara is a family of Russian launch vehicles from light to heavy class. Universal rocket blocks "Angara" are manufactured at the Omsk PO "Flight" (part of the M. V. Khrunichev Center of the state Corporation "Roscosmos"). The first two launches of the heavy "Angara" took place on December 23, 2014 and December 14, 2020 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.
