Rus-M

Rus-M
	TsSKB-Progress
Country of origin	Russia
Size
Height	61.1 m (200 ft)
Diameter	3.5 m (11 ft) (Main Core)
Mass	233,000–1,440,000 kg (514,000–3,175,000 lb)
Stages	2 - 3
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Mass	6,500–50,000 kg (14,300–110,200 lb)
Launch history
Status	Cancelled
Launch sites	LH2
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Rus-M (

Orel spacecraft being developed to replace the Soyuz

.

Rus-M was being developed by

TsSKB-Progress, beginning in 2009. The program was halted in October 2011,^[1] restarted in 2012 and finally cancelled in August 2015.^[2]

History

In 2009, Roscomos published the specifications for a Rus-M launch vehicle. Several variants of the Rus-M were later proposed, creating a family of similar launch vehicles.

MAKS 2009 Airshow, and preliminary design of the vehicle was expected to be submitted to the Russian space agency Roscosmos by August 2010.^[4]

Safety requirements put forward by Roscosmos emphasized that the launcher design is to be extremely reliable; safe abort options for crewed vehicles must be available at any stage of flight, and vehicle departure from the launch pad must be guaranteed for the case of an emergency during an early stage of the launch sequence. The launcher was planned to provide a basis for a future heavy launcher capable to carry a payload of 50—60 tons, as well as for a super-heavy design lifting 130—150 tons.^[5]

Description

Four variants of Rus-M were planned for development. Each version would use a variable number of common cores as the first stage and boosters, each powered by a single

Soyuz-2.^[7]

The first version of the rocket was to use three first stage cores, inseparably bolted together, with an RD-0146 powered second stage. It would have been able to lift a cargo or satellite payload of 23.8 tons to a 200-km, 51.7-degree circular orbit, a crew vehicle of 18.8 tons to a 135 by 400-km orbit, 7.0 tons to geostationary transfer orbit and 4.0 tons to geostationary orbit. The second variant would add two additional cores, and allow the strapon boosters to detach earlier in flight, boosting payload capacity to 35 tons. Version 3 would use stretched tanks on the booster cores, increasing payload again to 50 tons. Version 4 would fly with only a single core, and a Soyuz 2-derived upper stage.^[7]

Development

Angara, TsSKB Progress disclosed the existence of the Soyuz-5 rocket concept in 2013.^[8] Soyuz-5, later renamed "Irtysh", became the successor to Rus-M after Rus-M's cancelation and Irtysh surviving Roscosmos budget cuts in 2015.^[8]

References

^ "Replacement for Soyuz rocket canned by Russia". Spaceflight Now. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
^ "РКЦ "Прогресс": проект ракеты "Русь-М" окончательно закрыт". RIA Novosti. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
^ "Rus-M launch vehicle".
^ Zak, Anatoly (2009-08-20). "Russia Reveals Vision for Manned Spaceflight". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
^ "Theses of the Speech Made by Roscosmos Head Anatoly Perminov at IAC-2009" (in Russian). Roscosmos. 2009-10-13. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
^ Coppinger, Rob (2009-08-11). "The Bear's stars shine brighter". Flight International. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Zak, Anatoly (2009). "Launch vehicle for the PPTS spacecraft". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
^ ^a ^b Zak, Anatoly (2016). "Russia's new-generation rocket gets go ahead". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 2021-10-25.

External links

Launch vehicle for PPTS spacecraft

[cancellation-1] "Replacement for Soyuz rocket canned by Russia". Spaceflight Now. 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2011-10-08.

[2] "РКЦ "Прогресс": проект ракеты "Русь-М" окончательно закрыт". RIA Novosti. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2019-03-03.

[3] "Rus-M launch vehicle".

[spectrum1-4] Zak, Anatoly (2009-08-20). "Russia Reveals Vision for Manned Spaceflight". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved 2009-08-22.

[perminov_theses-5] "Theses of the Speech Made by Roscosmos Head Anatoly Perminov at IAC-2009" (in Russian). Roscosmos. 2009-10-13. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2009-10-13.

[coppinger-6] Coppinger, Rob (2009-08-11). "The Bear's stars shine brighter". Flight International. Retrieved 2009-08-22.

[zak-7] Zak, Anatoly (2009). "Launch vehicle for the PPTS spacecraft". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 2009-08-22.

[soyuz5-8] Zak, Anatoly (2016). "Russia's new-generation rocket gets go ahead". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Retrieved 2021-10-25.

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v t e Soviet and Russian launch vehicles
Active	Angara 1.2 A5 Soyuz-2 2.1a 2.1b 2-1v UR Proton-M
In development	Amur Irtysh Yenisei
Retired	Dnepr Energia Kosmos 1 2I 3 3M N1 R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz original L M U U2 FG Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna Start-1 Tsyklon original 2 3 UR UR-500 Proton-K Rokot Strela Zenit 2 2M 3SL 3SLB 3F
Cancelled (no launch attempts)	Tsyklon-4 Proton Light Medium

v t e Orbital launch systems
List of orbital launch systems Comparison of orbital launch systems
Current	Angara 1.2 A5 Atlas V Ceres 1 1S Chollima-1 Electron Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy Firefly Alpha Gravity-1 GSLV H-IIA H3 Hyperbola-1 Jielong 1 3 KAIROS ^† Kaituozhe 2 Kinetica-1 Kuaizhou 1 1A 11 Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B/E 3C 4B 4C 5 5B 6 6A 7 7A 8 11 11H LVM3 Minotaur I IV V C Nuri OS-M1 ^† Pegasus XL Proton-M PSLV Qaem 100 Qased RS1 ^† Shavit 2 Simorgh SLS Block 1 Soyuz-2 2.1a / STA 2.1b / STB 2-1v SSLV Starship Tianlong-2 Unha Vega original C Vulcan Centaur Zenit 3SL 3SLB 3F Zhuque 2
In development	Antares 330 Ariane 6 Bloostar Cyclone-4M Epsilon S Eris Gravity-2 Hyperbola-2 Irtysh Kuaizhou 21 31 Long March 9 10 12 Miura 5 MLV Neutron New Glenn New Line 1 NGLV OS-M 2 4 Orbex Prime Pallas-1 Red Dwarf SLS Block 1B Block 2 Soyuz-7 Terran R Tianlong-3 VLM Vega E Zero Zhuque 3 Zuljanah
Retired	Antares 110 120 130^† 230 230+ Ariane 1 2 3 4 5 ASLV Athena I II Atlas B D E/F G H I II III LV-3B SLV-3 Able^† Agena Centaur Black Arrow Conestoga^† Delta A B C D E G J L M N 0100 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 II III IV IV Heavy Diamant Dnepr Energia Epsilon Europa I^† II^† Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 "Full Thrust" Feng Bao 1 GSLV Mk I H-I H-II H-IIB Juno I Juno II Kaituozhe-1 Kosmos original 1 2/2I 3 3M Lambda 4S LauncherOne Long March 1 1D^† 2A 2E 3 3B 4A Mu 4S 3C 3H 3S 3SII V N1^† N-I N-II Naro-1 Paektusan ^† Pilot-2^† R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz original FG L M U U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna^† Rocket 3 Safir 1 1A 1B Saturn I IB V Scout X-1 Blue Scout II^† X-2^† X-2M X-3 X-3M X-4 X-2B^† B A B-1 D-1 A-1 E-1 F-1 G-1 Shavit original 1 SLV Space Shuttle SPARK^† Sparta SS-520 Start-1 Terran 1^† Thor Able Ablestar 1 2 Agena A B D Burner 1 2 Delta DSV-2U Thorad-Agena SLV-2G SLV-2H Titan II GLV IIIA IIIB IIIC IIID IIIE 34D 23G CT-3 IV Tsyklon R-36-O original 2 3 Universal Rocket UR-500 Proton Proton-K Rokot Strela Vanguard VLS-1^† Zenit 2 2M 2FG Zhuque 1 ^†
Classes	Sounding rocket Small-lift launch vehicle Medium-lift launch vehicle Heavy-lift launch vehicle Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
This Template lists historical, current, and future space rockets that at least once attempted (but not necessarily succeeded in) an orbital launch or that are planned to attempt such a launch in the future Symbol ^† indicates past or current rockets that attempted orbital launches but never succeeded (never did or has yet to perform a successful orbital launch)

RD-170 rocket engine family
Derivatives	RD-171 RD-180 RD-191 RD-151
Technologies	Bipropellant LOX RP-1 Staged combustion cycle
Historic rockets	Atlas III (RD-180) Energia (RD-170) Naro-1 (RD-151)
Current rockets	Angara (RD-191) Antares (200-series) (RD-181) Atlas V (RD-180) Zenit (RD-171)
Cancelled proposals	GX (RD-180) Rus-M (RD-180)