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Energia Approves Kliper Plans For 2007

File image of the proposed Kliper spacecraft.
by Staff Writers
Korolev, Moscow (SPX) Dec 21, 2006
The meeting of the Scientific-Technical Board (STB) chaired by the President, Corporation General Designer N.N. Sevastiyanov took place at RSC Energia after S.P. Korolev. The agenda was the Advanced Space Transportation System.

The manager and key specialists from RSC Energia, OKB Sukhoi, GNP RKTs "TsSKB - Progress", OKB Mars, TsAGI, TsNII of Machinebuilding and other enterprises and organizations involved in the development of Clipper System Project addressed the meeting.

The STB participants reviewed the progress in carrying out the decisions taken at the previous meeting of 15.04.2006. STB accepted the work plan on the Kliper advanced space transportation system for 2007.

A full detailed description of Russia's proposed Soyuz replacement can be found here with detailed charts and captions can be found here

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