The General Director, Dr Vladimir Degtyar (second from left) GTD has participated past 17-18th September in MIASS (Ourals, Russia) to the 5th seminar on Future Launchers Technology, organized by CNES, Roskosmos, DLR and CDTI. The workshop was organized by the “State Rocket Centre (SRC) "Academician V.P. Makeyev Design Bureau" which is the leading developer of strategic rocket complexes with submarine-based ballistic missiles and one of the largest research-and-design centers of Russia for development of space-rocket technologies. SRC has more than half a century of creative activities in the development and production of three generations of rocket complexes, eight base missiles and fifteen modifications that made up a basis for strategic sea-based nuclear forces of the USSR and Russia. In total about 4000 up-to-date serial sea-based missiles have been manufactured, of them more than 1200 missiles were launched. SRC is also actively participating in the Roskosmos programs, launch vehicle development and home and foreign spacecraft launches. In 1995 the VOLNA launch vehicle (LV) was successfully launched with research equipment of the Bremen University. In 1998 two TUBSAT satellites were launched by the SHTIL launch vehicle. A small space platform was designed to efficiently construct various small spacecraft, in particular, the KOMPAS satellite that was launched in 2001. GTD is particularly interested with SRC Makeyev partnerships for next generation "Air-borne Space Rockets" , as GTD is already involved in Aldebaran program and Mekeyev is also interested in major similar programs.
