KOROLEV (Moscow region), October 26 It is necessary to increase the number of active Russian orbital constellation, establish serial production of satellites, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting on the development of the space industry.
The President emphasized that the new national project should be built on the basis of modern financial and organizational mechanisms, including diversification of funding sources and attracting extra-budgetary funds to the space sector. To do this, it is imperative to offer effective incentives to expand the participation of private companies in the development of the domestic space industry.
“»In such close cooperation between the state and business, it is necessary in an extremely short time to multiply the composition of the existing Russian orbital constellation, to ensure the creation and operation of our own, as experts call it, multi-satellite constellations,» Putin said.
He noted that It is also necessary to establish serial production of spacecraft and move to assembly line assembly.
“»I ask the government to think about how to maximally accelerate the development of our production capabilities in this area. And in general, it is important to make the most of the potential of private business and expand its access to test sites and other infrastructure necessary for the production and testing of satellites and their components, which will certainly speed up the path from innovation to mass product,” Putin added.