The Russian Federation has lost 90% of orders for launching commercial satellites into space - the media

According to journalists, earlier in Europe often launched their satellites on Russian rockets. In 2021, Roscosmos had 35 similar contracts. Due to a full -scale invasion of Ukraine, the Roscosmos commercial launch program was virtually rolled up in the Russian Federation. The State Corporation remained without foreign contracts, and the financial crisis is deepened. About it writes The Moscow Times.

The total number of orders for launching satellites for European countries and other regions has decreased by 90%over the last few years, said American astrophysicist Jonathan McDauel. Earlier in Europe often launched their satellites on Russian rockets. The year before the start of a full -scale invasion of Roscosmos had 35 such contracts. In a year there were only two, in 2023 there were only three contracts.

For their part, the United States has increased the number of commercial launches in the same period more than 320. The authors of the Japanese edition of Nikkei Asia are called the United States the only superpower in space. The presence in outer space is now expanding countries such as India and China. Among other things, Sweden was opened in 2023 in 2023, and the first launch is planned for 2025. Two cosmodromes in Japan work only in accordance with the Government Program.

However, a number of projects in the near future set the task of commercial launches. Roscosmos financial difficulties were observed before the full -scale war, when the corporation was led by Dmitry Rogozin. In 2014, he proposed the US to deliver astronauts to the ISS with the help of Batut. Then the United States depended on flights from the Russian Federation, but already in 2020 the new Crew Dragon ship delivered the first crew to orbit. And Ilon Musk wrote that "trampoline works".