The ship “Federation” – the future of the Russian Space (VIDEO) – RSUTE

January 15, 2016 the jury under the chairmanship of Director General of the State Corporation “Roskosmos” Igor Komarov announced the results of the contest for the best name for the new manned transport spacecraft Russia.

The winner was Andrew Smokotin from Kemerovo, first suggested the name “Federation”, which will become official. He was chosen from three “final”. “Losers” name “Gagarin” and “vector” can be used in the future for other projects the space industry, the website Rocket and Space Corporation “Energia».

Piloted spacecraft “Soyuz”. Photo: Open source online (CC0).

In the “public vote” attended by 35,105 Russians, offer around 6000 original versions of names. Then, “Gagarin”, “vector”, “Federation”, “Astra”, “Galaxy”, “Motherland”, “Zodiac”, “Peace”, “Star” and “Leader».

The author of the best titles will receive the grand prize – a trip in the spring of 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, and the presence at the launch of manned spacecraft “Soyuz” to the International Space Station.

The manned transport vehicle (PTC) of the new generation Development RKK “Energy” is designed to deliver people and cargo to the moon and the orbital station in Earth orbit. The ship is reusable, to create it uses the latest technology, sometimes no analogues in the world space. In particular, the recovery vehicle PTK will be made of composite materials provides a reusable docking assembly.

The modern avionics will more effectively address

the problem of spacecraft rendezvous and docking, improve the safety of the crew on the stage of ascent and descent to Earth. Crew PTC will make up to four people. In the autonomous flight vehicle can be up to 30 days, when flying as part of the space station – up to 1 year. The total weight of the ship during the flight to the space station will be equal to 14.4 tonnes (19 tons during the flight to the Moon), the mass of the recovery vehicle – 9 tons. The length of the ship – 6.1 meters. Rated overload during the descent – 3 g. To launch spacecraft into orbit is planned to use the carrier rocket heavy class “Angara-A5V»

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