Russian specialists should create a prototype of the Kryl-SV at the end of next year. This was announced by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.
The timing of the creation of a prototype of a reusable cruise missile stage, with reference to the head of the space department, was reported by TASS. According to Dmitry Rogozin, the device should be ready by the end of 2022.
He said that Russia cannot apply the technical solutions chosen by SpaceX. "According to ballistic calculations, if we launch from the Vostochny cosmodrome, the landing site of the rocket blocks is the border of the Sea of Okhotsk and our Far Eastern coast, the Khabarovsk Territory. This is a completely uninhabited zone, and the place to pick up our rocket module seems extremely difficult," the head of Roscosmos noted.
The preliminary design of the Krylo-SV stage was prepared and defended at the Advanced Research Foundation in May of the year before last. The developer is the V. M. Myasishchev Design Bureau.
After the rocket reaches the set altitude, the wing will open and the jet engine will be activated, which will allow the first stage to return home. One of the landing schemes involves the use of skis. To create a promising product engine, they want to use a 3D printer.
The concept is based on the design of the Baikal spacecraft, which is a reusable accelerator for the first stage of the Angara rocket. The work on it was carried out by specialists of the Khrunichev Center. The prototype layout was shown in Le Bourget in 2001. The project was never implemented in practice — at least in the form in which it was initially demonstrated.
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| The layout of the Baikal-Angara accelerator. |
| Source: Roscosmos |
Recall that recently the Ministry of Defense presented the appearance of a promising winged carrier of the ultralight class, which received the designation "Irkut". Together with the reusable rocket, a one-time version was shown. The latter will receive a starting mass of 23.6 tons. If we talk about the reusable version, the mass will be larger and will reach 25 tons.
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A single-use rocket can launch approximately 580 kilograms of cargo into low Earth orbit (200 kilometers). The reusable carrier outputs almost 400 kilograms. Both modifications should make the first flight in 2024.
In addition to the cruise missile, Russia is also creating a more familiar reusable carrier that should land in the same way as the Falcon 9 from SpaceX does. The project was called "Amur-LNG". If the plans do not change, the first flight should take place in 2026.
