The first reusable Russian rocket promise to test in 2022

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Source: FPI

A few days ago, Boris Satovsky, head of the project group of the Foundation for Advanced Studies (FPI), said that in 2022 Russia would test the first reusable space rocket. The new rocket, as reported by RIA Novosti, will belong to the ultralight class. The project is being implemented jointly with Roskosmos and the United Aircraft Building Corporation. The project of the returned missile block is ready.

“The scheme of the system provides for the separation of the first stage of the launch vehicle at an altitude of 59-66 kilometers and its return to the launch area with a landing on a normal runway. In the basic design of the return block, a pivoting rectangular wing of large span and the classic tail unit will be applied. When returning to the launch site, a modified serial turbojet engine is used, ” said Satovsky.

The system will put into the sun-synchronous orbit a payload of up to 600 kilograms. Preliminary calculations show that the cost of outputting a payload using a new missile will be one and a half to two times lower than that of conventional missiles of a similar class. Each controlled unit is designed for about fifty flights without the need to replace the main engines. Fuel - cryogenic, a mixture of liquid oxygen and liquefied methane. You can launch rockets of this class from mobile complexes.

When designing the rocket, the groundwork for the reusable Baikal accelerator project was used. The developers analyzed the section on the return steps, compared the alternative aerodynamic configurations and made a general project with the original calculations on gas dynamics and heat transfer on the return path. According to experts, the final analysis showed "sufficient technological readiness to create a demonstrator."

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