We are talking about the launch of the Luna-25 machine, said Russian President Vladimir Putin during the ceremony of awarding state decorations to Russian cosmonauts at the Vostochny cosmodrome.
Vladimir Putin stressed that Russia intends to continue work on the creation of a next-generation nuclear space energy transport ship and technology, where the country has a very good start and «absolutely clear advantage». «We will return the lunar program, we are talking about launching the automatic space robot Luna-25 from the Vostochny cosmodrome,» said the president.
The head of state in an interview with employees of the space industry expressed the conviction that the Russian lunar program will be implemented. “Our Luna-25 station should be implemented in the third quarter. Will we have time in the third quarter? » — he asked the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin. — We should. The launch window closes in the third quarter, he confirmed.
Russia will consistently and persistently implement all its plans in the space sector, despite external pressure, stressed the Russian leader. «The generation of creators of the national rocket and space program has left us not only with colossal technological backlogs, but also with the values that we are looking at today,» said the head of state. “We are driven by the desire to advance our ancestors. Despite all the difficulties and all attempts to stop us in this movement from the outside, we will certainly implement all plans consistently and persistently, ”Putin emphasized.
According to him, Russia intends to continue work on the creation of a new generation transport ship and nuclear space energy technology, in which the country has a very good start and «absolutely clear advantage». «I would like to emphasize that we must successfully meet the challenges in space exploration in order to more effectively solve national development tasks here on Earth, strengthen our security and technological sovereignty, create advanced solutions in the field of robotics, microelectronics, ecology, medicine, new energy and navigation. and communication, ”added Putin.
As the president stated, «for the further introduction of digital services in all sectors of the economy, in public administration, education, health care, in people’s everyday lives, it is necessary to use the possibilities of space information technologies to a new level.» we intend to significantly increase the quantitative and qualitative potential of our satellite constellation, «said the head of state.
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