The responsibility for the accident “Proton” may suffer CEO CB “Khimavtomatika” – RBC

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responsibility for the accident “Proton” may suffer CEO CB “Khimavtomatika”

The responsibility for the accident “Proton” May 16 may incur chief designer, who is also CEO of Design Bureau “Khimavtomatika” – Vladimir Rachuk, According to the newspaper “Kommersant”, citing a source in the Russian Space Agency.

the Agency before the official acknowledged: accident rocket “Proton-M” occurred on May 16 due to a failure in the steering engine of the third stage. These problems have caused the structural, rather than manufacturing defects. The head of the Russian Space Agency Komarov promised to take “administrative and disciplinary measures.” They are, according to “Kommersant”, will concern, primarily, responsible agency and its chief designer, whose contract expired on April 30 and will not be extended, assured source of the newspaper in Roskosmos. “Khimavtomatika” is one of the branches of the State Research and Production Space Center Khrunichev and is engaged in the development and production of missile engines. I should add, this week it became known who is accused in another accident Proton 2013. This is also the center staff Khrunichev – electrician, master and controller.