Sunday, November 1, 2015

The launch of the Russian space system “Arktika” postponed due to sanctions – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, November 2 – RIA Novosti. Launch of the space system “Arktika”, which should keep monitoring the weather changes and assist in the exploration of mineral resources in the Arctic region, postponed because of the sanctions, Specifically, because of the US ban on the supply of spare parts for Russian satellites, the newspaper “Izvestia” on Monday.

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This publication said Sergei Lemeshevsky, general director of “Lavochkin”, which in 2012 won the contract for the creation of “Arctic”.

“The terms of” Arctic “were we pushed together, as we had to redo part of the equipment due to the sanctions”, – he said.

It is noted that the spacecraft “Arctic”, as well as other Russian satellites more than half were composed of imported components. In this regard, according to Lemeshevsky, spacecraft modernized, for example, the “Arctic” should be harmonized with the “Electro”.

“Now we see that the first unit” Elektro A “works, but it has comments. Therefore, we have significantly upgraded the “Electro L” number two. Similarly, we “Arctic” decided to upgrade to avoid problems arising from the first apparatus “Electro L”. But the difference is that both devices’ Electro L “manufactured by us with the use of foreign elements. Chinese electronic-component base we do not use, so expect mainly on the Russian electronics industry,” – explains the head of the NGO.

The newspaper reminds that in 2012 the Federal Space Agency He concluded with NGOs contract to manufacture the first stage of a multi-purpose space system “Arktika”, which will provide communications and constant monitoring in the polar regions and the Arctic Ocean. The initial term of performance of the contract – in November 2015. By this date, the satellite should already be in orbit. But in the draft Federal Space Program for 2016-2025 there were changes on the launch of the first unit, “Arctic” and the date was postponed to 2017.

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