MOSCOW, 24 APR – RIA Novosti. Russian NGOs to them. Lavochkin (part of “Rosatom”) began the creation of a new upper stage “Fregat-SBU” being developed for the Russian rocket “Soyuz-5”, it will appear within three years and would require minimal funding, told RIA Novosti the General Director of the enterprise Vladimir Kolmykov.
the New “booster” is designed for the rocket “Soyuz-5” when it launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome. As suggested by the head of the company “Fregat-SBU” is optimal and provides the “Soyuz-5″ competitive advantages in the global market”.
Kolmykov explained that the “Soyuz-5” with the upper stage “Fregat-SBU” will launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome put into geostationary orbit a payload weighing more than 2500 pounds, and the geosynchronous transfer orbit, equivalent to launch from Kourou, up to 5000 pounds.
This Kolmykov said that fundamental changes be made to the design of the existing upper stage “Fregat-SB”, which he used to launch a package of “Zenit” is not required. Design and instrument the new unit is completely analogous to the “Fregat-SB”.
