Rogozin told about the outdated methods of work of the Russian Space Agency – RBC

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin

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According to Rogozin, the air channel NTV, Roskosmos “every design office is still working on the drawing board (special drawing board), with a pencil in his hand” (quoted by RIA Novosti news agency). According to the vice-premier, the Commission, which establish the causes of failures of spacecraft are “mostly on a whim, that is dismantled telemetry, about understanding of the design documentation, that could happen, rather than to apply mathematical models».

Rogozin pointed out that the reforms in the space industry began later than in the military-industrial complex, “where a year and a half ago».

Rogozin also said, with associated difficulties in investigating the causes of space accidents. According to him, the accident in space ends up being “something or falls into the ocean, or burned in the atmosphere,” and “subject of investigation” in the end there.

Earlier this week, Rogozin explained the reasons for the high accident Russian spacecraft “expansion” in the leadership of the defense enterprises.

From the end of April there were two major accidents with Russian spacecraft. April 28 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch vehicle “Soyuz 2.1a” the ship “Progress”. After separation of the third stage, the truck stopped coming telemetry. “Progress” was not able to enter the calculated orbit. In late April, the Federal Space Agency acknowledged the loss of “progress”, and on May 8 Office reported that the spacecraft burned up in the dense layers of the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.

May 16 crashed rocket “Proton-M” with the Mexican satellite MexSat-1 on the board. According to preliminary version, the cause of the accident was the failure of the third stage steering engine.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the accident with the Mexican satellite “has the reputation of our program starts” and responsible for the accident must “answer the ruble” .