Khathi
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Not Yenisey, but Irtysh (another river). It's basically a Zenith replacement built from Russian-only parts. That's about Soyuz-5 (nothing to do with an R-7 family, tho', except being built by Energia). This is right on the track., funded by the S7 airline, because they need the vehicle for their SeaLaunch acquisition, which rusts in Slavyanka for now. Soyuz-6 is a downgraded Soyuz-5 to replace the aging R-7-based Soyuz-2 family (it's a much lighter rocket than Soyuz-5), but it's purely paper so far. Now, Yenisey is a true super-heavy, but it's not branded "Soyuz" in any way. They mull about it incessantly, changing their minds almost daily (blame Rogozin for that, lol). For example, the almost ready design draft from the 2019 was shelved almost immediately after they've decilded to make it methalox instead of kerolox. And the hydrolox engines for the upper stages are still in development anyway. At least they've started testing the methalox RD-0177 in December.
PS: And Khruni must've been disbanded back in the 80es anyway. It's been a complete mess all those years.
PS: And Khruni must've been disbanded back in the 80es anyway. It's been a complete mess all those years.
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