Russia: From ISS development to withdrawal: Soyuz’s value decline
-Great difference from the US and China 60 years since the first manned flight-
Russian President Vladimir Putin:
On April 12, I attended the Space Exploration Conference in video format.
Russia must maintain its position as a nuclear and space power.
The space sector is needed to be directly involved in national defense.
However, Russia’s presence in the space development field has declined,
In order to raise Russia’s position in the space field in the future
Instructed to consider effective measures as soon as possible.
Introducing US SpaceX:
Since the retirement of the US Space Shuttle in 2011, only the Russian spacecraft “Soyuz” has made a round trip to the ISS.
Thanks to that, Russia has received a large amount of usage fees from the United States and other countries.
However, last year, the US SpaceX manned spacecraft “Crew Dragon” appeared.
The decline in the value of Soyuz is inevitable.
Number of artificial satellites:
Number of satellites in orbit as of the end of December last year, according to a group of US scientists
1897 units in the United States
China has 412 units,
Russia has 176 units.
State Russian News:
Last year, even the number of rocket launches in a year was drained.
Russia only 17 times
44 times in the United States
China 39 times
The main reason is the budget cut due to the economic downturn.
Sankei News
https://www.sankei.com/world/news/210419/wor2104190003-n1.html
Russia intends to withdraw from the International Space Station from 2025:
[Moscow = Yohei Ishikawa]
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Borisov
On the national television program broadcast on the 18th,
He announced his intention not to participate in the ISS after 2025.
It plans to develop its own space station that will fly in orbit around the earth.
He said that he would “sincerely give advance notice” about the withdrawal to Japan, the US and European countries participating in the ISS.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOGR182Y60Y1A410C2000000/
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