Russia resumes program “deadline”, in which tens taken alerting ballistic missiles can be used to launch satellites civil, reports “Interfax” citing a source in the space industry.
Intended to participate in the missile program after the modification will have, As expected, name “Period 2”. The main difference from the first “Rokot” It will be the use of Russian, and not Ukrainian control system in the new Upper Stage “Briz-KM-2”. The first rocket launch a new program from the Plesetsk cosmodrome is scheduled for 2020-2021 years – According to a source
Recall, It was launched in April last booster “deadline” commercial satellite on board. To end 2018 It was scheduled three more start with the military and scientific spacecraft, then the use of missiles of this type of stop.
Booster “deadline” It developed based on the liquid three-stage ballistic missile UR-100N UTTKh (in the labeling NATO SS-19 Stiletto), gradually withdrawn from service RVSN. The civil version of ICBMs equipped Ukrainian upper stage “Briz-KM”, first start “Rokot” on suborbital trajectory it has been produced in 1990 year.
AT 2015 by the Ukrainian government banned the supply of components for Russian missiles. Besides, at 2020 year expires operation UR-100N missiles UTTKh (They were issued to 1985 of the year). In this regard, the Defense Ministry plans to give up “Roars” and replace them with light carriers of the Russian manufacture “Angara”.
