"In this project,
we are currently conducting research and development. The launch will be in
2020-2025, "- said the head of the Federal Space Agency.
Under the
"Venera-D" will send two to Venus orbiter and a lander. After the
failure of the mission "Phobos-Grunt" in the fall of 2011, this
project, like many others ("Mars-Nat", "Mercury-P",
"Venera-D", "Spectrum-RGM" and "Spectrum-UFM") is
under threat. Even report the closure of projects, but that information was
later refuted.
Besides the
"Venus-D," Popovkin mentioned Roscosmos plans to launch the project
"Intaglios-probe", designed to study the Sun.
Roskosmos head office
also confirmed the intention to place on the asteroid 99942 Apophasis
transmitter. This asteroid will approach the Earth in 2029. "We will not,
as suggested by some employers, mine asteroids for some minerals, we just set
there beacon", - he said.
Popovkin also confirmed
that the agreement between Russia and the European Space Agency ExoMars project
will be signed in November 2012. The preliminary agreement was reached in April
2012.
In the current
configuration ExoMars mission consists of two stages. In the first phase,
tentatively scheduled for 2016, to be launched to the Red Planet orbiter Trace
Gas Orbiter to study the atmosphere. The second phase is scheduled for 2018.
Then fly to the Mars rover, equipped with a drill.
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