Russia’s United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation is working on a new class of space launch vehicles using retired intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM).
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The corporation has said in a news release that testing has started and research will be completed in 2017.
“We are now working on a next generation system, which is unified and can be used to launch not only RS-20B, but also other missiles being withdrawn from service,” the United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation CEO Sergey Skokov said.
Previously Russia and Ukraine jointly worked on the Dnepr rocket using recycled R-36MUTTH ICBMs, the joint venture has since been suspended.