Success Rockets, a private company from Russia, has signed a memorandum with SEWON E&C on the establishment of a joint venture that will create a three-stage Stalker rocket. It will be able to put about 300 kilograms of cargo into orbit.
Success Rockets is increasingly declaring its ambitions. As it became known today, she signed a memorandum with SEWON E&C: the parties will create the first private Russian-Korean space company that will develop the Stalker carrier. This was reported by TASS with reference to the Success Rockets press service.
The rocket will receive three stages. It will be able to put cargo weighing up to 300 kilograms into orbit.
The joint venture will become a "daughter" of Success Rockets. According to CEO Oleg Mansurov, cooperation has become an important step for the development of a Russian private company as a global player. This is a chance to create a new generation of engines that will allow you to implement your plans.
Earlier, the head of Success Rockets said that this year the company planned to launch a suborbital rocket to an altitude of over 100 kilometers. In 2024, they want to conduct full-fledged orbital tests.
The first steps on this path have already been taken. In December, Success Rockets launched the Nebo 25 rocket for the first time. The tests were conducted on the territory of the Astrakhan region. The payload became femtosatellites - small spacecraft. In addition, in April, the company tested its other rocket — a prototype of the meteorological UR-1.
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NEBO 25 is a single-stage rocket, the length of which is 3.5 meters, and the mass is 65 kilograms. It began to be developed the year before last. Support in the tests was provided by the Arcturus Center of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.
Success Rockets is a private manufacturer of ultralight rockets, satellites and other spacecraft. Among other things, the company deals with related issues, such as the analysis of data from satellite images. Success Rockets was founded by entrepreneur Oleg Mansurov the year before last. In the future, the company wants to build its own spaceport, which will significantly expand its capabilities.
Recall that at the end of last year it became known that Russia has completed the preliminary design of a promising Irtysh rocket, which will replace domestic medium-class carriers. They want to start flight tests in 2024.
In 2020, Russian engineers from the Progress RCC began work on the Soyuz-6 rocket — the development of the Soyuz-5. The mid-decade was named as the start date of flight tests.
