Russia's Prime Minister Wants Space agency overhaul by September, delays Echostar launch

[dfergie]

The Russian government has given Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, until mid-September to propose ways to improve quality control in Russia's space industry, particularly its launcher sector, in the wake of the Aug. 6 failure of a Proton rocket carrying two telecommunications satellites.

ILS had been planning to launch satellites for Intelsat of Washington and Luxembourg; EchoStar of Englewood, Colo.; Gazprom Space Systems of Moscow; and Satmex of Mexico in the next couple of months.

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[navychop]

One month is not a lot of time to make genuinely major changes.

 

[dare2be]

One month is not a lot of time to make genuinely major changes.

Seriously...they should delay everything at least 6 months to a year.