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PLANNED RUSSIAN SPACE MISSIONS IN 2018: 2017-2018: Soyuz-2-1b rocket to launch the eight-ton OKA-T No. 1 free-flyer module to be serviced from ISS during its five-year mission. The spacecraft would be used for research in the field of nanoelectronics, alloys, composite materials and biotechnology. (459) The launch was originally planned for 2015, however by fall 2011, it had to be postponed to 2017-2018, due to lack of customers and payloads. 2017-2018: Russia to launch the Spektr-M (Millimetron) space telescope. The 6,420-kilogram space observatory managed by Lebedev Physics Institute was expected to have a main mirror with a diameter of 12 meters, developed by ISS Reshetnev. The mirror would have a four-meter solid center dish and a deployable periphery resembling a giant flower with 24 petals. The telescope was expected to be sensitive to sources radiating in the millimeter, submillimeter and far-infrared range. Designed for a 7-10-year lifespan, the telescope's reflector and sensors would be cooled to 269-270C degrees by helium during the first three years, providing maximum sensitivity for its detectors, and, after helium ran out, deployable shades would be used to keep the system cool during the remaining lifetime. The spacecraft was expected to work on its own as an independent observatory or in conjuction with Earth-based telescopes. The Spektr M would be based on the Navigator platform developed by NPO Lavochkin. The spacecraft would function for five years near the L2 point in deep space and another five years in a highly elliptical Earth orbit with an apogee of 400,000 kilometers. Work on the Spektr-M project started in 2008 and by the end of 2010, Lebedev Institute and ISS Reshetnev had completed the preliminary design for the archictecture and systems of the Spektr-M spacecraft. (458) As of 2008, the mission was expected in 2014-2015. (299) In July 2011, a newly appointed head of the Russian space agency, Vladimir Popovkin, confirmed a previously quoted launch date of 2017-2018. 2018: Russia Arktika-RM (No. 1) satellite. (As of 2010. (411)) 2018: Russia Arktika-M (No. 3) satellite. (As of 2010. (411)) 2018: A Rus-M rocket to launch a new-generation PTK NP spacecraft with the first crew onboard from Vostochny. (As of 2007-2011) 2016-2018: The Soyuz-2 rocket with Fregat upper stage to launch the Venera-D spacecraft toward Venus from the ELS complex in Kourou. (As of 2008, 299) In 2006, the mission was targeted for 2016. In 2004, it was expected as early as 2013 with landing in 2014. As of 2009, the launch was officially planned for 2016, but it was considered more likely to take place in 2018.)
For missions in 2019 click here This page is compiled by Anatoly Zak; Last update: October 7, 2011 Page editor: Alain Chabot; Last edit: April 30, 2011 All rights reserved |
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Spektr-M (Millimetron) spacecraft. Credit: ISS Reshetnev
Before 2020, Russia promised to introduce a new family of launchers for the next-generation manned spacecraft based on the Russian territory.
Variant 1 of the Venera-D design as of September 2009. Credit: NPO Lavochkin/IKI
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