Export Potential of Russian Space Industry: Experience and Future Programmes of Lavochkin Association
- Paper number
IAC-17,E6,IP,3,x40431
- Author
Dr. Sergei Antonovich Lemeshevsky, Lavochkin Science and Production Association, Russian Federation
- Coauthor
Mr. Kharun Karchaev, Lavochkin Science and Production Association, Russian Federation
- Coauthor
Dr. Victor Aleksandrovich Vorontsov, Lavochkin Science and Production Association, Russian Federation
- Coauthor
Dr. Sergei Fedorovich Teselkin, Lavochkin Science and Production Association, Russian Federation
- Year
2017
- Abstract
The basic commercial programme for Lavochkin Association since 2005-2007 has been Soyuz in Guiana Space Center (GSC), from where the first Soyuz was launched in 2011. The enterprise delivers for the program its upper-stages “Fregat”, participates in launch services and provides some additional works and services. The program is based both on the contract between Roscosmos/Glavcosmos and Arianespace/Starsem, and on direct contracts with these French companies.Lavochkin Association’s profits for deliveries and services in this programme are more than 90% of the total commercial programme profits share. According to ESA plans medium-lift launcher “Ariane-6”will be ready for launch in 2019-2020 in GSC and it could be significant competitor to Soyuz/Fregat launches. Lavochkin Association as well as other participants of the program could lose export orders and profits. This situation initiates some discussions on the future export items and export potential of the enterprise. In line with the above tendency the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos is developing its new policy of commercialization of the national space industry.The target is to get 50 % of the national space budget from commercial sources by 2025-2030. Thus, Lavochkin Association has to develop its own policy for commercialization and development of export capacities in the nearest future. Taking into account the Soviet and new Russian’s heritage and current international activities such as ExoMars program, future deep space, Lunar and planetary science missions, planned within the frame of Federal Space Program for 2016-2021, Lavochkin has a rather big export potential. The following main options of the enterprise export potential are under discussion: - Ultra light spacecraft structures made of composites; - Arterial, axial and loop heats pipes, heat loop panels for satellite sub-systems; - Thermal accumulators; - Solar arrays, - Propellant Expulsion Devices (PEDs) for propellant intake in microgravity conditions, - Titanium alloy (VT-23) fuel tanks; - Propellant Management Devices (PMDs)and filters of combined porous-cellmetals; - Space buses of “Carat” and “Carat-200” types; - Separation systems for small and medium SC, - Damping devices, vibrio-isolation and dynamic damping for SC vibro-protection; - Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) fororbiters, thermal protection systems for descent vehicles, means of defense and protection against meteorites and space debris. And other developments of various maturity level for offer in foreign markets.
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