Russia on its way to create its own Orbital Space Station

Moscow, Apr 10 (Prensa Latina) The Khrunichev Center will adapt the Angara-A5M launch vehicle for the deployment of the future Russian Orbital Station (ROS), the TASS agency reported.

April 10, 2023
10:23

“We took steps forward with the Angara-A5M carrier rocket, which has been strengthened to launch the ROS modules,” said the general director of the company, part of the Roscosmos Russian space agency, Aleksei Varochko, in an interview.

He also announced that the completion of the preliminary design of the Angara-A5M heavy-class launch vehicle was incorporated with modified power characteristics.

In April 2021, the then-Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Yuri Borisov, stated that the conditions of the International Space Station created expectations for the creation of Russia’s own orbital station.

By October of last year, the Russian Minister of Industry and Trade, Denis Manturov, reported on the preparation of a budget for the costs of the project.

Meanwhile, Roscosmos forecasts that the first scientific and energy module may be sent into space by the end of 2027.

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