Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Construction of the cosmodrome "East" must enter into the schedule by February - Reuters

Construction of Eastern cosmodrome in Uglegorsk, archival photo

BLAGOVESCHENSK, Oct. 23 – RIA Novosti. Construction cosmodrome “East” must enter into the schedule by February, told reporters the head of Russia Alexander Spetsstroy Volosov.

On Wednesday, the commission, headed by the new head of Roscosmos Oleg Ostapenko inspected objects cosmodrome “East”, the construction of which is in the Amur region. The first launch of the carrier rocket from the Baikonur this plan in 2015, the first launch of a manned spacecraft – in 2018. Part of the “East” is seen as an alternative to Baikonur, Ostapenko, who visited over the weekend.

“On average, the objects of the cosmodrome on schedule backlog of two months, this is due to the difficult weather conditions that we have seen this summer. many pits were filled with water. We plan in February, enter the schedule. Now all the conditions for attract more professionals, “- said the head of Special Construction.

According to him, the construction of the cosmodrome East has about 5.6 thousand people to work more actively to attract about 3 thousand professionals.

“Baikonur East, in my opinion, will be the most environmentally friendly spaceport. now I viewed objects, my main goal – to provide the quality and level of work done slippage, and in some ways we need to go forward,” – said in an turn the head of the Russian Federal Space Agency.

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