Run “exomars” will not affect the schedule of the launch of the satellite “Resurs-P” – TASS

Baikonur Cosmodrome / KAZAKHSTAN / March 13. / Corr. Alexander Borisov TASS /. Delayed launch remote sensing satellite “Resurs-P” number 3 will not affect the launch of the Russian-European mission “exomars”, he said at a news conference at Baikonur head of the Russian space agency, Igor Komarov.

“Starts” exomars “carrier rocket” Proton-M “and” Resource-P “carrier rocket” Soyuz 2.1b “are conducted with different starting tables and do not affect each other. Preparation for the launch of” exomars “is in full accordance with the schedule” , – said Komarov

Start carrier rocket “Soyuz 2.1b” with the satellite “Resurs-p” was to be held March 12 and was postponed due to the operation of an automatic engine shutdown system

<.. p> “as for the” Resource-p “, we plan to hold it today, at the same time in which it was planned yesterday – at 21.56 Moscow time,” – he said Komarov

“Resurs-p. “№3 weighing 5920 kg must replenish constellation of civilian satellites ERS c detailed level of resolution. Earlier spacecraft “Resurs-DK” (June 2006), “Resource-P” №1 (June 2013) and “Resource-P” №2 (December 2014) has been successfully launched into orbit. The manufacturer of machines of this series is the space rocket center “Progress” (Samara).