Medvedev hopes that the appointment Ostapenko help to overcome existing challenges Roskomosa
Head of Roscosmos Vladimir Popovkin sacked. He was replaced by a native of the Strategic Missile Forces (Strategic Rocket Forces), previously held the highest office in the Defense Ministry, Oleg Ostapenko.
Naputstvuya new head of the Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed hope that with the advent Ostapenko will be resolved, “a series of problems which unfortunately recently been observed in the activities of Russian Federal Space Agency”.
Earlier, on Thursday morning, the Kremlin press service reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Colonel-General Oleg Ostapenko from the post of deputy minister of defense and dismissed him from military service.
Interfax news agency on Wednesday referring to a source in the rocket and space industry announced that the Ostapenko in the near future head the Federal Space Agency by changing Popovkina.
At the same time, even in the afternoon on Thursday denied reports about Roskomose retired Popovkina. The press service of the Ministry stated that ‘these rumors are not true “.
“tremendous work”
56-year-old Ostapenko previously held various positions in the Strategic Missile Forces and was chief of the Plesetsk launch site.
In
2008 – 2012 years he commanded the Space Forces and the Forces Aerospace Defense.
Deputy Defense Minister General was appointed in November, 2012.
As head of department, Ostapenko said that he would continue the reform of the space industry. “Work done enormous, but, no doubt, to do more,” – said the new head of the Russian Space Agency on Thursday.
He also thanked Popovkina, because he invited his serve in the cosmic forces.
These statements
new head of Roscosmos did, after the agency staff introduced him to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.
“Last job Ostapenko was associated with cutting-edge technologies, and we hope that this work will help it realize the project of reform of the Future Rocket and Space Agency and the ACCD [Joint Rocket and Space Corporation],” – said Rogozin.
The fact that the space industry reform will include the division of powers between the two new entities, Press became known in September.
Monday “Businessman” referring to its sources announced that the combined rocket and space corporation, which is planned to include all the companies within the industry, can lead director general of “AvtoVAZ” Igor Komarov.
accidents and health problems
the need to reform the space industry, and much has been said Popovkin, who headed the Federal Space Agency since April 2011.
Before him, the post was Anatoly Perminov, who retired experts interpreted as a consequence Press failure of the rocket “Proton-M” with GLONASS devices December 5, 2010.
During his time in office Popovkin of the Russian space program also have been several major accidents.
resonant incident occurred on July 2. The rocket “Proton-M” with the three Russian GLONASS navigation spacecrafts Press fell at the Baikonur Cosmodrome the first minute of the start.
Exactly one month later, on August 2, the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev reprimanded Popovkina for the improper performance of duties, public officials told off.
addition to cases with aircraft, Popovkin at the center of a scandal in March of last year, when some of the media explained his hospitalization Press fight in intoxicated within the walls of the building Roscosmos. According to official figures, the official admitted to the hospital “due to ill health”.
Reports of alleged scuffle took place were mentioned in a letter to Vladimir Popovkin, which appeared on the website of “Russian Space Systems”.
then PKC activity was criticized Roskosmos and Popovkina In particular, accusing the organization and its leader to the failed launches of spacecraft.
In the end the conflict between the RCC and Popovkin stopped the vice-premier Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the military-industrial complex, forbidding them to figure out the relationship publicly.
Russian space crash in the XXI century
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November 21, 2000
launch vehicles “Kosmos-3M” from the Plesetsk cosmodrome to the orbiting American spacecraft “Quickbird-1″ was unsuccessful. The exact cause of the accident could not be determined, since the missile out of sight of the radar. The most likely version of the accident is considered to be a failure in the engine of the second stage.
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December 28, 2000
booster “Cyclone-3 ‘, launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome with six satellites on board, crashed because of a failure in the engine is the third stage. Part of the wreckage fell into the East Siberian Sea, and the rest were burned in the dense atmosphere. Running was an unsuccessful attempt to replenish Russian orbital satellites.
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July 20, 2001
result of the engine failure the third stage, the launch of a conversion booster wave from the nuclear submarine Boris Gleb was unsuccessful. The purpose of the launch was placed in orbit the spacecraft demonstration “Space-1″ fitted with a “solar sail.” As a result of problems the spacecraft did not separate and the sail has not been deployed.
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October 15, 2002
rocket “Soyuz-U”, which was to bring into orbit an international research satellite “Foton-M”, collapsed because of an emergency engine shutdown shortly after starting. The crash occurred 400 meters from the vantage point and resulted in the loss of life.
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November 26, 2002
European launch communications satellite “Astra-1K”, on board the carrier rocket “Proton-K”, has ended in failure. The satellite was launched into orbit due to a failure of the DM-3. Save the satellite was impossible, and he was burned up in the atmosphere. “Astra” was to be the largest satellite in the world.
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June 21, 2005
At Plesetsk launch took place on a bad booster “Molniya-M” communications satellite “Molniya-3K” on board. The cause of the accident was a contingency operation of the engine of the second stage. Fragments of rockets were found in the area range, “Tobolsk” Tyumen region.
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June 21, 2005
second attempt to launch a spacecraft “Space-1″ carrier “wave” from the nuclear submarine “Borisoglebsk” also failed. The cause of the accident was the first stage engine shut down, causing the entire structure fell into the water. Launching a project to put an end to the use of space “solar sails” – solar energy.
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Oct. 8, 2005
Conversion booster “rumble” with the European spacecraft “CryoSat” on board crashed in the Arctic Ocean as a result of a failure the engine second stage. The task of “CryoSat” was a high-tech research in the polar ice oceanic areas.
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July 26, 2006
At the Baikonur Cosmodromewhen the automatic Russian-Ukrainian rocket “Dnepr ‘failed engines of the first stage of the carrier, in which the rocket crashed about 150 km from the launch pad. On board the “Dnipro” there were 18 satellites, including the first Belarusian satellite “Squirrels” Russian “Baumanets” and others.
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February 28, 2006
a result of an emergency carrier rocket “Proton-M” satellite communications Arab company “Arab Satellite”, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, was injected into the planned orbit. The accident occurred due to abnormal operation booster “Briz-M” after the successful removal of all stages of the rocket and restore the machine to the reference orbit.
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September 6, 2007
During the launch rocket “Proton-M” accident. Rocket Japanese commercial satellite with “JCSAT-eleven” dropped on the territory of Kazakhstan. The cause of the accident was not the separation of the first and second stages of the carrier. The incident did without victims, but revealed the local pollution and fire at the crash site.
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March 15, 2008
rocket “Proton-M” crashed due to a malfunction of the motor of the second booster injection into orbit at an American communications satellite “AMC-14″ satellite TV signals for transmission to the United States. The launch was carried out from the Baikonur cosmodrome.
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December 5, 2010
three GLONASS satellites launched from Baikonur on the launch vehicle “Proton-M” does not come into orbit. Launch failure was the fault of engineering mistake. Successful launch of satellites was complete formation of Russian GLONASS global navigation system.
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1 February 2011
military geodesic satellite “Geo-IK-2″, launched from Plesetsk launch site, failed to reach the intended orbit and was recognized as lost. Satellite was subsequently discovered an unplanned orbit, and the cause of the collapse was the drop in the voltage onboard power.
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Aug. 24, 2011
launch cargo spacecraft “Progress” on the launch vehicle “Soyuz-U” was unfortunate because of failure of the gas generator at the final output stage craft into orbit. “Progress” was to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. Fragments of the ship have been found near the Altai Mountains.
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December 23, 2011
communications satellite dual-use “Meridian,” crashed near the city of Tobolsk Tyumen region after launching from the Baikonur to Plesetsk. His goal was to improve communications with the extreme North. The cause of the collapse was a failure of the engine and launch vehicle emergency situation with removing one of the steps.
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Aug. 7, 2012
launch into space of two telecommunications satellites with a Russian carrier rocket “Proton-M” has ended in failure. “Proton-M” is displayed on the orbit of the Russian communication satellite “Express MD-2″ and Indonesian “Telkom-3″ has failed because of failure works booster “Briz-M”.
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February 1, 2013
The launch vehicle “Zenit-3SL” with American communications satellite “Intelsat” under the “Sea Launch” is over crash. After the flight, the work of the main engine was stopped abnormally, leading to the fall of missiles into the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Missile launch platform and ship control is not affected.
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2 July 2013
rocket Proton-M, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the upper stage Block DM-3 and three Russian navigation spacecraft GLONASS-M, collapsed, changing the trajectory and exploded after launch. The incident did without victims and victims. The reasons for failure are unknown.
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