Putin suffered the first launch from the Baikonur East – RBC

construction site Vostochny cosmodrome

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The first launch from the Baikonur East will not take place in December 2015, as planned. The meeting, which Vladimir Putin holds at Baikonur, the President announced that the launch should be postponed until the spring. According to him, in the space industry are unacceptable rush jobs, so you need to finish all the construction and commissioning, reports RBC.

According to the plan first start had to go through December 25 of this year. In April of this year, construction supervising Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian Space Agency, and Igor Komarov at a meeting with Putin stated that the launch will take place in December. But then officials have acknowledged that the preparation of the cosmodrome is delayed.

The meeting, which takes place in the administrative complex of the cosmodrome, Rogozin said that the builders are willing to provide a first launch before the end of the year, but referred to the international experience, which shows that testing is necessary before starting over 5.5 months. And frosts are not conducive to the work, complained Rogozin.

Putin in response urged “not to engage in rush work”, and to complete all the necessary work for the first launch rocket.

“Do not need any correlations victory, we need a high-quality result. Let’s finish with electricity and water supply “, – Putin said. He offered customized spring and expressed the hope that will be able to handle to the Cosmonautics Day, which is celebrated in Russia on April 12.

But if to this day everything is ready will not be the date may be postponed, the president added.

A source in one of the contracting companies told RBC that the launch of the best move “for three or four months.” “There were only given water and electricity, the heat was not. Launch rocket in such conditions – a rather serious risk, “- said the source RBK. Another source of RBC said that “complex is not ready to import the launcher, or to testing, not to mention the launch».

The construction of the East began in 2011 and was to be completed by 30 November 2015. Construction was followed by strikes of workers, repeatedly complained of non-payment of salaries. With respect to sub-contractors “Dalspetsstroya”, which is building, was opened several criminal cases.

At the meeting at Baikonur, Putin said that in the final stages “are the construction of the first phase, needed to run the launcher” Soyuz-2 “. Then went on to enumerate the remaining issues, which are already more than once discussed at a meeting at Baikonur and Moscow.

Putin visited the East in August last year, and in September this year on the scene arrived Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. “Of course a lot of work done: paved roads, railways, built complex technical facilities, – concluded Putin, noting the contribution Rogozin improvement: before the backlog of objects up to eight months are now up to four. “But this is a big gap” – stated Putin.