Federal Space Agency has decided to create an analogue of the Soviet “Buran” – The newspaper Trud

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17:23 August 20 2015.

Published 17:23 20 August 2015.

reusable launch vehicle of light class with persistent winged first stage is planned to run from the Baikonur East

Roscosmos announced work the creation of reusable space-rocket system, which will be similar to the Soviet spacecraft “Buran”. According to “Izvestia”, the plans for its design and construction incorporated in the draft of the Federal Space Program for 2016-2025 years.

The created rocket easy class will include retentive winged first stage and a second disposable. It will provide removal of the low orbit a payload weighing up to a ton. Run the “Russian” Buran “is planned from Baikonur East.

The creation of the missile system will deal with the Khrunichev Center. Roscosmos noted that the emergence of the “new” Buran “significantly reduce the cost of space launches. However, first it is necessary to invest in its creation: up to 2025 for the project is planned to allocate 12.5 billion rubles. Funding should begin in 2021.

The Khrunichev Center clarified that the missile system under development could lose recognizable features of the space shuttle, used in the past.