[5][11] To increase cost-efficiency and accelerate production, the company outsources development and buys ready-made parts from the Russian Academy of Sciences and other universities.
They expect to get commercial orders from international private companies but also plan to collaborate with Russian state agencies.
[12][8] Success Rockets designs, produces and tests ultralight launch vehicles; a suborbital Nebo (translation: ‘Sky’) and an orbital Stalker.
The second stage includes production of an ultralight carrier rocket and its test flight at 200 km (120 mi) altitude with a satellite platform and a space tug.
For instance, the engine body is made of carbon fibers, and heat-resistant graphite is used for the de Laval nozzle.
[21][22] In March 2021, Success Rockets announced the development of a 200 kg (440 lb) satellite for gas emissions monitoring.
[27] In October 2021, the company announced plans to create satellite constellations for Earth radar remote sensing that will potentially be demanded by FSUE Atomflot, Rosatom, and Sovcomflot for the Northern Sea Route navigation.
A steady increase in the number of satellites orbiting the Earth makes data processing one of the most popular services[3] that is in great demand for construction, agriculture, natural disasters prognosis, and ecological monitoring.
Russian telecom giants MegaFon, Beeline, MTS (network provider), corporations Yandex and Mail.ru, and large banks announced plans on the creation and launching of their own satellites.
[12][36] By autumn 2021, Rostov Oblast had been chosen as the most suitable region for construction due to its economic and geographic location and developed transport infrastructure.
[37] Success Rockets expects legal support, access to test stands, and orders from the Roscosmos corporation as the Sfera project requires hundreds of small spacecraft.
[11] In July 2021, Roscartography placed an order for a constellation of 36 satellites for Earth remote sensing in optical and infrared spectral ranges.
[40] In August 2021, SR and China's Chamber of Commerce and Industry signed an agreement on space cooperation on Chinese territory.
[5] Mansurov hopes to attract Chinese partners, probably because in 2020 local investments in private space companies reached almost $1 billion.