As the “Y”, Russia may abandon the practice of placing overseas orders for spacecraft communications, broadcasting and retransmission for civilian use. The initiator of failure – the new head of Roscosmos Oleg Ostapenko said it was a disguised form of subsidized foreign producers. As a result, the European concern EADS may lose part of Russian contracts, as the sole supplier of civilian communications satellites can become JSC “Information Satellite Systems”. The customer sets “Express” – Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian Satellite Communications” believes such an initiative violation “is not only the principles of the WTO, but also of competition law”.
proposal to JSC “Information Satellite Systems” (SIS) monopoly supplier of telecommunications satellites contained in a letter to the head of Roscosmos Oleg Ostapenko, the name of the supervising branch Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin (“b” has a copy). Roscosmos insists on refusing the services of foreign suppliers of such equipment as “security at the expense of the federal budget and the creation of launch services for launching space vehicles ordered from foreign companies, is a disguised form of state subsidy of their technological and industrial potential,” says the document . In this regard, says Mr. Ostapenko, the creation of launch vehicles and spacecraft launches to ensure “Express AMU2″, “Express-AMU3″, “Express-AMU4″ will be considered by Roscosmos and ROSCOM the formation of the Federal Space Program of Russia for 2016-2025 years “taking into account the placement of orders for the supply of these spacecraft with a single supplier – JSC ISS”.
behalf of ISS Reshetnev created in 2008 on the basis formed in 1959, the eastern branch of OKB-1 Korolev in Krasnoyarsk-26 (now Zheleznogorsk). In Soviet times, has specialized in the production of satellites of the “Molniya-1″ on the basis of which in the 1960s in the Soviet Union for the first time in the world was a system of communications and broadcasting in high elliptical orbits. Since the early 1980s, engaged in the development of GLONASS constellation. Revenue in 2011 – 18.74 billion rubles., Net profit – 634 950 000 rubles., The value of net assets – 16.15 billion rubles.
now a major supplier of satellite communications for Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian Satellite Communications” (RSCC) is EADS Astrium (part of the concern EADS), which is engaged in the manufacture of satellite-based Eurostar 3000 platform. The first satellite “Express-AM4″, launched August 18, 2011, was launched into orbit due to abnormal operation of the booster “Briz-M”. March 25, 2012 was sunk in the Pacific Ocean. The insurance premium for the lost companion of 7.5 billion rubles. RSCC has ordered a new EADS Astrium satellite “Express-AM4R” identical to the lost. In March 2012, a contract was signed for the manufacture of “Express-AM7,” and in early 2013, EADS Astrium has won the tender for the manufacture, supply, orbit insertion, in-orbit testing, commissioning and support of on-orbit spacecraft “Express- AMU1 “(the cost of the contract – 6.23 billion rubles.).
In the Roskosmos no secret that when the civilian orders of ISS has to attract “foreign collaborators.” Thus, modification of the “Express-A” was developed by a Russian company in conjunction with Alcatel Space, and the two direct broadcast satellite “Express-AT1″ and “Express-AT2 are” created in partnership with the French subsidiary of Thales Alenia Space.
However, in a letter Oleg Ostapenko that ISS is now experiencing difficulties in meeting current orders. Thus, the launch of the spacecraft “Express-AM8″ can be carried out not earlier than August 2014 “due to the delay in delivery and repair of on-board equipment,” the document says. “The minutes of the July retreat Space Agency and Federal Communication Agency (held on July 12 in the office of ISS Zheleznogorsk. – ” B “) is fixed order ASC ensure readiness of the satellite to be launched in the period up to 30 May,” – said ” b “a source in the government Communications Commission.
But in the ISS are confident that will cope with the manufacture of satellite “Express.” “In the case of appointment of the only performers have problems with production capacity does not arise: in Soviet times we were made to 28 satellites per year – said” b “ISS CEO Nicholas Testoedov. – For the last seven years have built two new workshops and annually produce about 20 space vehicles “. According to him, under the current scenario, the customer spends at least a year for a tender, and after summing up the results often makes changes to the already agreed terms of reference, which leads to the breakdown of the timing. “The appointment ISS only performer to produce satellite” Express “will allow us to prepare in advance elemental and production base. This mode of operation is more convenient for the ISS,” – said Mr. Testoedov.
, in turn, to EADS Astrium “b” said yesterday: “No official notification of Roskosmos plans for cooperation on vehicles” Express “was not given to us.” There’s also added that if such a decision is taken, they will be forced to accept the position of the customer.
In RSCC to offer Roscosmos reacted negatively. “This is a direct violation of not only the principles of the WTO, and competition law – we have to hold open competitions, and we do not understand why it is necessary to set a precedent – said the” b “in the RSCC. – We will translate the analysis of the situation in the legal plane.”
Chapter Rossviaz Oleg Dukhovnitsky yesterday declined to comment.
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