Dmitry Baranov, General Director of the Progress Rocket and Space Center, noted that the first Soyuz-2 rockets.1a" and "Soyuz-2.1b" were launched immediately with spacecraft
SAMARA, October 21. /tass/. The payload that will be launched on the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle has not yet been determined. This was announced to journalists on Thursday by Dmitry Baranov, General Director of the Progress Rocket and Space Center (RCC).
"The payload has not yet been determined. There are different options," Baranov said.
He noted that the first Soyuz-2 missiles.1a" and "Soyuz-2.1b" were launched immediately with spacecraft.
Baranov also said that it is too early to talk about the adaptation of the Soyuz-5 launch vehicle for the Sea Launch floating cosmodrome. According to him, earlier the owners of the "Sea Launch" were told that the Soyuz-5 corresponds to the characteristics of a rocket that can be launched from a floating spaceport.
In 2019, the Industrial Development Fund (VEB Group.The Russian Federation) provided the Progress RCC with a preferential loan under the special Conversion program in the amount of 750 million rubles for the creation of the production of Soyuz-5 launch vehicles. The total budget of this project is 1.6 billion rubles. The first launch is scheduled for 2023.
