Due to a new project, Russia will have to abandon the development of its own segment of the ISS, but obligations to other participants in the program by the Russian side to 2020 will be met, noted in Roskosmos.
Launch of the high Russian orbital station is one of the key proposals of the project development of manned spaceflight for the period up to 2050. It is known that Russian authorities have already discussed issues of preparation of legal framework that will create prerequisites for the Russian space station. Document prepares a collaborative group of Roscosmos and private research organizations .
Russian station proposed to deploy the period from 2017 to 2019, according to “Izvestia”, citing a source close to the leadership of the Central Research Institute of Machine Building. “Initial Configuration will be formed on the basis of a multi-purpose laboratory modules and assemblies , the spacecraft” OKA-T “- the operation of the plant will provide istochnik.-” Soyuz-MS “and” MS-Progress “and in the period 2020-2024′s possible testing of energy and transformed modules used in the lunar program “.
Despite these plans, there is no information that the Russian prematurely stop working on the ISS. Moscow intends to firmly fulfill its international commitments up to 2020, but then the development of the Russian segment of the International Space Station will have to be abandoned in favor of its own project.
“The new station will be located in a geometrically favorable location with the possibility of expanding the field of view of the Earth surface . From the station will be seen up to 90% of the territory of Russia and the Arctic shelf , while the ISS, this figure does not exceed five percent, “- said the source. According to him, the amount of the costs has not been determined.
The initial plan to use modules and machines developed for the Russian segment of the ISS. One of the main tasks of the station will be flight tests of manned lunar infrastructure funds, that is, it will act as a springboard: special unit will be delivered to the station, and then follow the moon.
It is known that the project was discussed in Russia for a long time and these plans are strategically important for the country. Launch of the high Russian orbital station is one of the key proposals of the project development of manned spaceflight for the period up to 2050 .
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