Another photo of new head of Roskosmos circulating online (perhaps from audition for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow):

@Abdulla42523943 They had a finite number of NK-33 engines left from the Soviet N1 Moon rocket and were unable to resume their production:

@SmileSimplify @SciGuySpace He doesn't look like somebody who wants to repeat Rogozin's career path! ;)

@nicolas_pillet On "Telega":

IMHO, this move is another rearranging of chairs on a deck of the Titanic. Space program survived previous phase of the Russian Empire disintegration thanks to cooperation with the West. By now, Putin flashed Russia's reputation down the drain, so there is no another chance.

@AravailSpace I know, it is strange, maybe he was not officially dismissed from the army and those years overlap?

Interestingly, former Roskosmos head Dmitry Rogozin, now in occupied Ukraine, while congratulating new chief also pointed out the failure of the dismissed leader to provide Russian army with Starlink replacement... which brings the question what prevented Rogozin from doing it?

@Beckathenz Money! I think, they are unhappy that it lost all sources of revenue, even though, the leadership has little to do with it.

@Beckathenz They are heavily sanctioned on all aerospace hardware, including space-rated, radiation-hardened avionics. Not sure how much of these Chinese have or willing to sell.

@Beckathenz I suspect the question should be — how many payloads will be ready for Angara-5? (It was zero in 2024.) They did launch one Angara-1 with a payload last year:

@OliwierKwi11 Yes, Rockot-M and Angara-1.2 are in the same weight category:

@Abdulla42523943 The official announcement uses plural for payload(s):

@SpacecoastPix Looks like it...

...it is also the 13th and final mission for the Soyuz-2-1v rocket variant:

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