The President was updated on the implementation of the Sphere (Sfera) federal project and batch production of spacecraft. The goal is to create multi-satellite groups that will ensure broadband internet access and remote Earth sensing. The exhibition includes the Skif-D and Marafon IoT (Internet of Things) spacecraft.
The President was also shown samples of engines for small spacecraft, models of promising reusable launch vehicles, including Amur-SPG, and the Transport Energy Module, a new orbital transfer vehicle with a nuclear engine. Its creation will help address a number of issues, in particular, delivering cargo to the lunar orbit and cleaning up debris in Earth’s orbit.
Other items at the exhibition include the latest comprehensive near-earth monitoring system Mlechny Put (Milky Way) and forward-looking designs and services created by private Russian companies.
The President was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, Director General of Roscosmos Yury Borisov and chief designer of Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Vladimir Solovyov.
