The ship "Eagle" is being created as part of the Russian lunar program
MOSCOW, March 11. /TASS/. A flight model of the navigation system designed for the promising manned spacecraft "Eagle" will be delivered to the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) "Energia" next year. This was reported to TASS by the head of the Department of Optical and Physical Research of the Institute of Space Research (ICI) RAN Roman Bessonov.
"Our task is to deliver flight samples to Energia in 2022, so that they will have a fully ready first flight vehicle in 2023," Bessonov said.
According to the head of the department, now there are tough tasks to fulfill the deadlines.
The navigation system consists of four cameras and software. Two cameras are stellar sensors and determine the angular orientation in space, two more are directed either to the Earth or to the Moon (depending on the location of the ship) to measure the coordinates. "It turns out that we measure three angles and three coordinates of the spacecraft in space by optical methods - no one has this," the scientist said.
Now the sample of the navigation system has passed laboratory and development tests, the next stage is bench testing.
The promising space manned spacecraft "Eagle" (former name "Federation") is being created as part of the Russian lunar program. The first launch of the" Eagle " without astronauts on board is scheduled for December 15, 2023 from the Vostochny cosmodrome, during this flight, the spacecraft will not dock with the ISS. In 2024, the "Eagle" will perform a second flight (also without astronauts), followed by docking with the station. In 2028, it should make a manned flyby of the moon.
