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俄羅斯打算研制核動力衛星監控軍事衝突地區
2010年01月28日 09:46:17 來源:中國新聞網
據俄新網27日報道,俄羅斯“能源”火箭航天集團總裁維塔利·洛帕塔在莫斯科國立鮑曼技術大學為紀念謝爾蓋·科羅廖夫舉行的學術研討會上展示的幻燈片指出,這家公司正在起草使用核動力衛星對軍事衝突區境內和領空進行全天監控的方案。
這個項目是衛星使用核能發動機一種可能的方案。這種專門的衛星能夠定位目標並保障俄羅斯在信息領域的優勢,包括在軍事衝突期間。
這一計劃的制定者的設想是,研制一種攜帶兩個20米孔徑天線的衛星,使用壽命在10至15年。衛星的功率在150-500千瓦,運轉軌道是地球靜止軌道或者高橢圓形軌道。
http://en.rian.ru/science/20100127/157694567.html
Russia toys with exotic nuclear space projects
15:5127/01/2010
Russia is pondering new applications for yet-to-be-built nuclear-powered spacecraft, including military satellites, nuclear power plants, and space tugs, Energia space corporation said Wednesday.
Energia director Vitaly Lopota said a prospective all-weather space and Earth monitoring target-designation satellite would ensure Russia's superiority in the course of possible armed conflicts.
He said the work was currently at the concept formulation stage and offered no timeframe for the project to be completed.
The corporation is also ready to design a space-based nuclear power station with a capacity of 150 to 500 KW with a service life of 10-15 years, to be initially placed on the moon or Mars.
Another prospective project, Lopota said, is a heavy space platform that would replace several telecommunication satellites, complete with a standalone nuclear power plant, rocket engines and advanced communication antennas.
Such a platform would have a mass of around 20 tons, a service life of 10-15 years and could be built by 2018.
Energia is also working on a concept of a nuclear-powered space tug, which could more than halve satellite launching and orbiting costs.
Russia has yet to build a spaceship with a nuclear engine. The government has said it will allocate 500 million rubles ($16.7 million) for the project this year.
Federal Space Agency Roscosmos director Anatoly Perminov previously said the development of Megawatt-class nuclear space power systems (MCNSPS) for manned spacecraft was crucial if Russia wanted to maintain a competitive edge in the space race, including the exploration of the moon and Mars.
Perminov said the draft design of a spacecraft with a nuclear-powered propulsion system would be finalized by 2012, and the financing for further development over the next nine years would require an investment of at least 17 billion rubles (over $580 million).
MOSCOW, January 27 (RIA Novosti)