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Energia Rocket, Intersputnik Sign Cooperation Agreement |
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MOSCOW, Russia, June 22, 2006/Satnews Daily/ — S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia and the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly promote the establishment of satellite networks for government and private customers using Intersputnik’s frequency and orbital resource and communication satellites based on the universal Yamal space bus manufactured by Energia RSC.
The agreement was signed by N. N. Sevastiyanov, president and chief designer of Energia RSC and V.E. Belov, director general of Intersputnik.
Under the agreement, the two entities agreed to work together when placing orders with the Energia RSC production facilities as regards the design and manufacture of communication satellites as well as DM upper stages to deliver such spacecraft to the Intersputnik’s geostationary orbital slots.
S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space is the leading space system engineering organization in the Russian Federation and one of the major designers and manufacturers of spacecraft, space modules and systems. Established in 1946, among its major achievements are: the first national long range ballistic missiles, the world’s first space missions – satellite, manned space flight in near-earth orbit, first national communication satellite (Molnia-1), the world’s first missions of self-contained unmanned stations to the Moon, Mars, Venus, manned Soyuz rockets, Salyut and Mir orbital space stations, Energia-Buran multipurpose rocket and space complex.
Energia RSC is experienced in designing, manufacturing and operating advanced self-contained spacecraft based on the universal Yamal bus as part of Yamal-100 and Yamal-200 geostationary spacecraft operational since 1999 and 2003, respectively. The BelKA observation satellite ordered by the Republic of Belarus is being processed at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Energia RSC is the designer and manufacturer of the cutting edge modifications of the environmentally friendly DM upper stages which are successfully operated together with Proton and Zenith-3 SL launch vehicles as rocket stages. At present these upper stages are planned to be used together with the modified Zenith-3 SLB launcher for the Ground Launch project similar to the Sea Launch but based on the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The upper stage of this type, including its first D stage modification developed under the Lunar Program, has been successfully used in 255 missions in the period from 1967 to 2005.
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