Putin told the reason for the cancellation of “Union” launch on the East – RBC

Failed launch of the carrier rocket “Soyuz-2.1a” from the cosmodrome East is not associated with the state of the spaceport, and a missile system, President Vladimir Putin said.

«Despite all the difficulties and problematic issues in general, the movement today [to bring spaceport] to the regulatory status achieved in many ways. Today’s launch failure is associated, as far as I understand from the reports, not with the state of the spaceport, and with the very missile system “- the president said at a meeting of the state commission on launching (quoted by” Interfax »)

The first launch at the cosmodrome. which is under construction in the Amur region, it was to be held early in the morning on April 27 but it was moved to a backup date – April 28. In “Roskosmos” explained that the retreat gave missile launch equipment. Tass source in the space industry said that before the start of a failure was detected in one of the control systems of devices responsible for switching on and off motors, separation stages, the direction of flight. According to “RIA Novosti”, the start could be postponed due to a failure in the “Union-2.1a” boosters management system.

Putin on Wednesday urged a timely manner to respond to disruptions in the space industry. “Russia remains the leader in the number of starts – it’s good, but what we are faced with a lot of crashes – this is bad, and must be timely response”, – stressed he

«If it (failures <.. em> – RBC’s ) due to the sloppiness, a lack of control over critical processes, I want to understand, to see how the debriefing in such cases “, – he added

The head of state will remain on. East before the meeting of the state commission, which will decide on the start. As the President’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, it will take place on Thursday morning. Putin intends to watch the launch, if the Commission decides to hold it in the morning on April 28 said Peskov.