Ukrainian rockets have been blocked from entering Russian space since 2019
Starting from 2019, Roscosmos will abandon launch vehicles with the Ukrainian control system when launching manned spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Subscribe to PolitNavigator news at Telegram, Facebook, Classmates or In contact with
This was reported by a source at the Baikonur cosmodrome, Interfax reports.
“In 2019, a gradual transfer of launches of Soyuz MS manned spacecraft will begin from Soyuz-FG launch vehicles with a Ukrainian control system to Soyuz-2.1 a launch vehicles with a Russian-made control system,” the source said.
And he said that the abandonment of launch vehicles with Ukrainian control systems is due to their technological aging.
“The launch vehicle is being replaced as planned, as part of the abandonment of obsolete analog control systems for digital ones. Politics has nothing to do with it,” the publication’s source said.
In turn, the Soyuz-FG launch vehicles released as a result of the transition to Soyuz 2.1 a can be used in 2018 to launch part of the Progress cargo ships.
If you find an error, please select a piece of text and press Ctrl + Enter.
Thank you!
Now the editors are aware.