- Title: Putin inspects new cosmodrome Vostochny and asks to be ready in time
- Date: 6th September 2019
- Summary: VOSTOCHNY, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 6, 2019) (RUSSIAN POOL) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN INSIDE HELICOPTER VIEW FROM HELICOPTER WINDOW ON VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME HELICOPTER IN SKY PILOTS IN HELICOPTER CABIN VIEW FROM HELICOPTER PUTIN GETTING OUT OF HELICOPTER VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME CONSTRUCTION SITE PUTIN WALKING TO VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME CONSTRUCTION SITE TOWER CRANE (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING (ADDRESSING ROSCOSMOS OFFICIAL IN CHARGE OF CONSTRUCTION OF COSMODROME VOSTOCHNY EVGENIY ROGOZA): "Putin: Do you think that this is realistic? Rogoza: Absolutely." PUTIN LISTENING TO ROGOZA (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) GENERAL DIRECTOR OF ROSCOSMOS, DMITRY ROGOZIN, SAYING: "The schedule is signed by me, so I vouch for that." CONSTRUCTION SCHEME BOARD ROGOZA TALKING TO PUTIN PUTIN AT MEETING WITH OFFICIALS PUTIN SPEAKING RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER SERGEI SHOIGU AND OFFICIALS LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: "Undoubtedly, the work on the development of the cosmodrome will be very serious, large, extensive. I expect from you (OVER OFFICIALS LISTENING) a more responsible attitude and a dynamic work. (CONTINUES IN SHOT) It is necessary to stick to all the scheduled deadlines, including the first flight with a super heavy-lift rocket. (OVER OFFICIALS LISTENING) The launch should take place (CONTINUES IN SHOT) in 2028." VARIOUS OF PUTIN AT MEETING PUTIN AND OFFICIALS WALKING INSIDE TECHNICAL COMPLEX OF VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME PUTIN AND OFFICIALS LOOKING AT SCHEME BOARD VARIOUS OF ASSEMBLY, INTEGRATION AND TEST FACILITY ROGOZIN TALKING TO PUTIN PUTIN AND OFFICIALS WALKING VARIOUS OF VOSTOCHNY COSMODROME CONSTRUCTION SITE
- Embargoed: 20th September 2019 16:55
- Keywords: Putin cosmodrome Vostochny Roscosmos Russia space space exploration Russia coscomdrome
- Location: VOSTOCHNY, RUSSIA
- City: VOSTOCHNY, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Science,Space Exploration
- Reuters ID: LVA001AVIT6IV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Russian President Vladimir Putin flew to Russia's Far East on Friday (September 6) in order to check up on the construction of the new Vostochny cosmodrome.
Putin said to the officials, responsible for Vostochny's construction, that he expects them to be responsible and meet the construction deadlines.
According to the plan, a medium-class launcher - Soyuz-5 - should blast off in 2022, while a Super Heavy Rocket made of multiple booster stages from Soyuz-5 would be launched in 2028.
The Vostochny spaceport, in the remote Amur region near the border with China, was the flagship project in Putin's planned $52 billion investment in space exploration up to 2020.
Moscow wants Vostochny, where it hopes to exploit a new generation of rockets carrying heavier payloads, to rival its current launch site in Kazakhstan, the lease of which has been in contention since the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.
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