MOSCOW. March 9 (Interfax) - The Roscosmos state corporation is planning to spend 1,031,869, 800 rubles to raise the reliability of the space rocket hardware in serial production and in operation in 2021-2025.
According to the unified procurement information system, the government contract will be signed under the federal space program. Deadline for applications in an open competition is March 31.
"The purpose of providing services is to raise (maintain) the reliability of the serial (operated) space rocket hardware to ensure the implementation of their launch plans under Russia's 2016-2025 federal space program," the tender documents said.
Among the items of equipment named in the documents are the 14A14 carrier rocket, Proton-M, Briz-M and Fregat upper stages, and 11C861-03.
According to the government procurement website, implementing the contract should lead to improved components of space rocket hardware, including using new material, accessories, semi-finished products and hardware components with enhanced reliability characteristics.
Furthermore, a repeat of failures similar to those detecting during the production and operation of space rocket hardware should be ruled out.
The contract also involves assessing the technical condition and reliability of space rocket hardware after production, testing and operation, devising or updating passports of reliability for serial products.
"Information about failures, malfunctions and defects detected during serial production and operation will be gathered and thoroughly analyzed," the document said.
On February 20 Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin said the corporation was planning to conduct 29 rocket launches in 2021.
"Of space rockets alone, we are planning 29, but this at the expense of those debts that we accumulated for the last year," Rogozin said then.
On December 28, 2020, the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of the defense industry, Yury Borisov , said that in 2021 Roscosmos should repay debts for defense satellite launches because the 2019 plan had not been fulfilled.