The developed nuclear tug “Zeus” will be able to deliver dozens of tons of payload to the satellites of Jupiter, stated at the All-Russian Cosmonautics and Aviation Forum “Cosmostart 2021” Executive Director of Roskosmos for promising programs and science Alexander Bloishenko. His words conveys TASS.
“those solutions that we lay will allow you to deliver dozens of tons of payload, for example, to the satellites of Jupiter. You can not deliver any other ways to deliver such a lot of payload. There it is not about the mass of the entire device, but about the mass of useful Load, which is a scientific equipment, special probe radar equipment, “said specialist.
Executive Director of the State Purpose for promising programs and science recalled that now it is possible to deliver only light loads to the largest planet of the solar system. “If we are talking about a kilogram or a kilogram’s share, you can run a small probe,” said Flesenko.
In August, the General Director of the State Corporation Dmitry Rogozin announced the breakthrough results for Roscosmos, which will test the drip refrigerator-emitter for the “Zeus” on the ISS. In his opinion, the nuclear tug will allow to move large stations and orbital modules over the solar system and beyond.