According to Leonid Makridenko , the launch itself will not be insured. The insured event occurs only in the event of an accident launch vehicle, in which the harm will be caused to third parties. Now at Baikonur is preparing to launch a rocket “Soyuz-2.1a.” “We believe the” Union “reliable carrier “, – said General Director VNIIEM on the scientific presentation of the spacecraft« Lomonosov »
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Start the spacecraft “Stork” and “Lomonosov” is planned this spring. They will be the first spacecraft launched from the new spaceport. According Makridenko, “Lomonosov” made of foreign components to its cost has not increased. Unveiled today, the unit will monitoring of meteorological processes at an altitude of 485 kilometers. Devices that are currently under development, will already be equipped with Russian devices.
February 24, Russian scientists presented the spacecraft “Lomonosov” – next Thursday, 3 March, the module will leave the Baikonur East, writes Herald
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The spacecraft “Lomonosov” – an international project, the creation of which was attended by scientists, graduate and undergraduate students from South Korea, Spain, Canada, USA, Poland, Germany, Italy and Spain
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«Lomonosov» is intended for research of extreme cosmic phenomena in the Earth’s atmosphere, near space and the universe, such as gamma-ray bursts and cosmic rays of extremely high energy. In addition, the satellite will be engaged in monitoring the radiation situation and monitoring of dangerous objects in near-Earth space with a network of ground-based telescopes, “Master».
«the unit will go to the Eastern cosmodrome on March 3 – the director of JSC” Corporation “VNIIEM” Leonid Makridenko. – Then it will be ready to run for about a month. It remains to be set on it some equipment, such as a mirror for ultraviolet detector. Start time is already assigned – 5 hours 1 minute 21 seconds Moscow time. The launch date will be determined after carrying out comprehensive tests of all systems spaceport, spacecraft, and the main launch facility launch vehicle ».
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