The general director of “Roscosmos” Dmitry Rogozin in the YouTube-Channel on “Solovyov Live” said the new airport, which is being built at the cosmodrome Vostochny, will have unique features the runway.
He said that the length of the first stages of construction will reach 3.25 kilometers and eventually will make 4.4 kilometers, which will accept all types of aircraft, including the return reusable blocks of missiles.
“That is, any aircraft, not only planes, but, including returned missile units, which an aircraft can land on this strip … These are the requirements of her unique,” – said Rogozin p>
He added that the runway at the first stage of construction is scheduled for operation in 2023. It will be able to land, including cargo planes, which will be brought to the spaceport heavy spacecraft, launch rockets “Angara”.
Earlier, Rogozin said that the launching of rockets “Angara” superheavy plan to begin in 2026. Rockets superheavy class characterized by high carrying capacity and are built in a modular fashion, that is collected from the same type of universal modules. “In order to achieve the heavyweight class, the third stage is placed with a hydrogen engine,” – said the head of “Roskosmos”