Together with the Russian telescope, Roskosmos plans to restore the operation of the German eROSITA telescope at the Spektr-RG space observatory. This was stated by the CEO of the state agency Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with the TV channel. “Russia 24”.
According to him, the relevant instructions have already been given.
Rogozin noted that such a decision was taken in the name of science.
In early March, Rashid Sunyaev, scientific director of the Spektr-RG project declarationThe eRosita telescope, part of the Russian-German space observatory Spektr-RG, will open when the political situation allows.
The Spektr-RG spacecraft was developed at the Scientific and Manufacturing Society, named after VI. SA Lavochkina (part of Roscosmos). Germany participated in its creation within the framework of the Federal Space Program of the Russian Federation by order of the Russian Academy of Sciences.