“We have no reason to change the contractor. We work on a schedule, we have a weekly schedule for mobilizing forces and means, ”TASS quoted Rogozin as saying.
He stressed that the idea of changing the contractor was also not approved by Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
“Yes, the president rejected this idea. The President supported the position of Roscosmos that we have all the necessary resources and competencies to cope with the task, ”said the head of the state corporation.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov admitted that the military public law company under the Ministry of Defense could join the construction of the Vostochny Cosmodrome due to the unsatisfactory pace of the construction of second-stage facilities and the failure to meet the deadlines for the work of the first stage.
On September 6, during a meeting on the development of infrastructure at the cosmodrome, East Putin called for meeting the planned construction timelines and launching the rocket for the first time in 2028.