St. PETERSBURG, June 15 SR Space together with the T1 holding plan to be the first among Russian private companies to launch a rocket beyond the upper boundary of the atmosphere — the Karman line, follows from the press release.
«The Russian private space company SR Space, together with the Russian IT holding T1, will launch the first in Russia suborbital rocket of a private company to a height of more than 100 kilometers. The agreement on the development of the launch vehicle and its launch was signed as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum — 2023», — the message says.
The company clarified that they planned to launch at the end of this year. It is supposed to bring a signal transmitter to a height of more than 100 kilometers. Upon reaching the destination, it will send a signal to the ground, which will be received by drones created by SR Space.
According to the developers, this is necessary to work out interaction with unmanned aerial systems, test their remote control technology and fly in a swarm in automatic mode.
«We have decided to forego intermediate launches and focus on the finished product. Recently, we have had to accelerate and transform our business, so we are moving to commercial launches a year earlier than planned, due to rapidly growing demand for output spacecraft into space,» the press service quoted SR Space CEO Oleg Mansurov as saying.
The launch will be carried out using technologies developed by T1. Mansurov noted that cooperation with the IT holding will allow switching to domestic software, which will reduce the cost of developing new products.
«The data obtained during the flight in the future will open up the possibility of delivering small spacecraft and/or constellations of them into near-Earth orbit. This may become a new standard in the sector of commercial transportation of goods into space,» the press quoted the press service as saying. service of T1 General Director Igor Kalganov.
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