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[b]Roscosmos decides to abandon development of Rus-M booster[/b] The Federal Space Agency decided to abandon the development of a promising booster [URL=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rus-M]Rus-M[/URL], Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin said at a question-and-answer governmental session in the State Duma on Friday. "We do not need a new rocket, we will use those that we have," he said. Popovkin elaborated that more than 37% of Roscosmos budget was allocated to develop a launch vehicle by 2015, however, these funds are very small, "so, the launch of a new booster in 2015 is not in question."
[i]The two-stage Rus-M, intended to replace Russia's ageing Soyuz carrier rockets, was being developed by the Energia space corporation, which had already received 800 million rubles (more than $24.8 million) of budget funds for the project. The carrier rocket was intended to launch new-generation spacecraft from the Vostochny space center currently under construction in the country's Far East starting from 2018. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in April the launch vehicle, whose draft model was first presented at the MAKS 2009 air show in Moscow, was scheduled to be developed by 2015. The carrier rocket has faced strict safety requirements so that it could guarantee a takeoff or ensure a continuous flight or an ejection with a safe landing even with one of its engines out of action.[/i]
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