Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has unveiled plans to build a new space station, likely to be called the Russian Orbital Station (ROS). The Russians want to send their first research and power module into space in 2027. They also assume that the first astronauts will arrive at the station in 2028.
According to a statement by Roscosmos, the cost of building the Russian space station will be about $ 7 billion. Russia plans to send its first module into space within the next three years. Other modules are scheduled to be delivered in 2030. Together they will form the main part of the ROS system. The second stage of the station’s construction is scheduled for 2031-2033. During this, two specialized modules called TsM1 and TsM2 will be added to the facility.
The Russians will build a new space station.
As TASS reported, the general schedule for the creation of the ROS system includes flight tests of the new spacecraft, the creation of launch vehicles and ground infrastructure, and the work of space industry research institutes that will provide support for the project. Space.com notes that the construction schedule for the station is based on the Angara A5 launch vehicle. The new-generation rocket has conducted three successful orbital flight tests since 2014, but suffered a partial failure in 2021.
According to Space.com, the Russian space station could orbit at the same altitude as the current International Space Station (ISS), which is located about 400 kilometers above Earth. It will most likely go into a polar orbit, which, according to Roscosmos, is a good place to observe the entire planet, and also provides an opportunity to “look” at the Northern Sea Route. This is a route that connects Asia to Europe along the northern coast of Russia, and is of great political importance to the Kremlin.
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The Russians first announced their intention to build their own space station in 2021. At the time, they expressed their readiness to create a facility that would be a successor to the Mir space station. This station, built by the Soviet Union, was deorbited in 2001. In 2022, after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, they announced that they planned to leave the ISS after 2024. Currently, Russia claims that it will participate in the ISS program until 2028.
Karolina Modzelewska, journalist at Wirtualna Polska
