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MOSCOW, December 22 – RIA Novosti. The first successful vertical landing of the first stage of the launch vehicle Falcon 9, which on Monday carried out a US company SpaceX, has historical significance primarily for commercial space exploration, said member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics Tsiolkovsky Alexander Zheleznyakov.
The first stage of the launch vehicle Falcon 9, made December 22, 2015 the successful vertical landing on the US Air Force base at Cape Canaveral 10 kilometers from the starting point.
“This is a really important event for space exploration, primarily for Commercial uses of space technology, because the return to the original form of the first stage to Earth allows to use it again – and this significantly reduces the cost of running. In this regard, it is certainly a historic event “- told RIA Novosti Zhelezniakov Tuesday.
He said that from a technical point of view, the return of the first stage of the Earth is also a significant step for space exploration, although this event can not be called revolutionary.
According to the academician, vertical landing of the first stage of the Falcon 9 is not It poses a threat to the Russian space industry in the short term. However, domestic enterprises need to work to reduce the cost of in-orbit payload to continue to compete successfully in the market of commercial launches of spacecraft.
All 11 communications satellites new generation OG2 in orbit during the launch of the carrier rocket Falcon 9. The current launch of the Falcon 9 was the first after the incident in June of this year, the collapse of the rocket at the start.
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