OREANDA-NEWS. June 28, 2010. After 2018, Russia will start developing super-heavy LV and consider designing of reusable space vehicles, Gennady Raikunov.

According to him, mid-class rocket with advanced lifting capacity of up to 24 t is to appear by 2018.  Flight tests of the rocket are to begin in 2015, and nominal operations are to commence in 2018.

Next stages will be devoted to development of super-heavy lift rockets with capacity of up to 100 t. Reusable rockets and vehicles are to come next after that.