“(In addition to manned launches. - RT) we will use this launch to launch the commercial version of the Soyuz-2 rocket, which, when throttling (reducing thrust. - RT) of the third stage engine, will allow launching 600-800 kilometers into very interesting orbits without acceleration block payload, ”RIA Novosti quoted Rogozin as saying.
This, according to him, will allow “drastically reduce the cost of launch and become very competitive.”
He also said that at present RCC "Progress" completes the test engine, "which throttles and runs much longer than the usual (production. - RT ) Voronezh mechanical plant engine."
Earlier, Rogozin invited Turkey to join the project on the operation of the Baikonur Cosmodrome together with Russia and Kazakhstan.