Autonomous tests are planned to be completed by the end of 2021
MOSCOW, December 7. /tass/. Specialists have started testing the systems of the Soyuz launch complex after upgrading to a new type of fuel at the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region. This was reported on Tuesday in the press service of Roscosmos.
"Work is being carried out on naphthyl refueling systems of the third stage of the launch vehicle, the package fuel refueling system (assembled first and second stages), the fuel cooling system and the automatic control system of technological equipment," the report says.
It is noted that autonomous tests are planned to be completed by the end of 2021. "The next stage is to conduct comprehensive tests in preparation for the launch of the launch vehicle," the state corporation noted.
Roscosmos stressed that naphthyl is an environmentally safe type of hydrocarbon fuel with the use of polymer additives. "It provides increased efficiency, which makes it possible to put a large payload into orbit," the press service said.
Earlier it was reported that at the Vostochny cosmodrome, work begins on the transition to a new fuel - naphthyl.
Vostochny is the first Russian civilian cosmodrome, it is located in the Amur region near Tsiolkovsky (the city 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.
