On Friday, July 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Dmitry Rogozin from the post of Director General of Roscosmos. The new head of the state corporation became Yuri Borisov, who previously held the post of Deputy Prime Minister in the Russian government, who was responsible for the military-industrial complex.
The fact that Rogozin may leave the state corporation, and Borisov — from the government, was reported by RBC on July 13, citing several sources familiar with the discussion of the issue. The publication admitted that the first could go to the presidential administration, where he would be entrusted with overseeing issues related to the special operation, and the second could be entrusted with a "large industrial asset", in particular Roscosmos. Interlocutors MK.RU admit that Rogozin will take a leadership position in one of the liberated territories of Ukraine.
Rogozin led the state corporation for more than four years
Rogozin was appointed head of Roscosmos in May 2018 by decree of the head of state. Prior to that time, he held the position of deputy chairman of the Russian government, responsible for the military-industrial complex. Before Rogozin, Roscosmos was headed by Igor Komarov, who currently holds the position of plenipotentiary representative of the President of Russia in the Volga Federal District.
During his leadership of the state corporation, among other things, the financial debt of the Khrunichev Center decreased due to budget subsidies, the development of a superheavy rocket stopped, the Nauka and Berth modules were launched to the International Space Station (ISS), the Spectrum-RG space observatory was launched, flight tests of the Angara family rockets resumed and the first flight test of the Sarmat intercontinental missile.
During the same period, the sale of seats on Soyuz spacecraft and RD-180 and RD-181 rocket engines to the United States stopped, and cooperation with Western countries in the field of cosmonautics was limited to the ISS.
Dmitry Rogozin
It is worth noting that the work on "Science", "Berth", "Spectrum-RG" and "Angara" began long before Rogozin came to Roscosmos, but the decision to launch them was made at the time when he was in charge of the state corporation.
Rogozin left Borisov with many unsolved tasks
Currently, Roscosmos faces many unresolved ambitious tasks. Among them are the completion of flight tests of the Sarmat and Angara rockets, the beginning of the deployment of the Sphere satellite constellation, the resolution of the issue of continuing participation in the ISS or the deployment of the Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS), the development of the Soyuz—5 rocket, the completion of the construction of the second stage of the Vostochny cosmodrome and the creation of a spacecraft "The eagle."
Dmitry Rogozin
Among the important tasks that require prompt consideration is the planned launch of the Luna—25 mission in the autumn.
According to Borisov, one of the main problems of the Russian civil and military cosmonautics was the restriction of access to electronics used in space. Rogozin claimed that the state corporation started "using universal technological and circuit solutions", when, for example, instead of choosing "up to nine different onboard computers", "two or three universal computers" are involved.
Yuri Borisov
Borisov has extensive experience in the defense industry
Borisov was born on December 31, 1956 in Vyshny Volochok. In 1974 he graduated from the Kalinin Suvorov Military School. In 1978 — Pushkin Higher Command School of Radioelectronics of air defense. In 1985, he completed his studies at the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics of Moscow State University. He held the positions of Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia.
