It became known that next year the development of a super-heavy launch vehicle will resume, as announced by Yuri Borisov, the current head of Roscosmos. As Borisov clarified, the program has already been drafted as a project and sent for approval.
Recall that in mid-February 2021, the development of a domestic rocket belonging to the superheavy class was quite unexpectedly suspended. Although, according to unofficial information, work still continued, but at a more modest pace.
According to Dmitry Rogozin, at that time discovered by Roskosmos, the nature of the super-heavy rocket is being modified, the oxygen and kerosene engines will be replaced by metabolic ones – “it is necessary to apply advanced technologies, not a 20-year-old development,” he specified.
Obviously, we are talking about the Yenisei, the first post-Soviet danger of developing a class danger, work on which Energia began in 2020, although its history began back in 2017. By the way, the development should be carried out as the main launch vehicle of the second phase of the Russian lunar mission.
Rane said that the Yenisei’s small orbit is designed for 100 tons of heavyweight, on Monday 28. In addition respectively.
Source: Tech Cult
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