The first launch of the Eagle without astronauts on board is scheduled for December 15, 2023
MOSCOW, August 17. /TASS/. Roscosmos plans to assess the economic efficiency of transport and technical support (TTO) of the International Space Station (ISS) and the promising Russian Orbital Station (ROS) with Soyuz MS and promising Eagles, according to the public procurement portal.
"The expected result of the R & D [development work] stage is a comparative assessment of the economic efficiency of the missions of existing and prospective manned transport ships in the part of the ISS and ROS TTO [using the example of the Soyuz MS and the Orel PTK], "the terms of reference say.
The promising space manned spacecraft " Eagle "(formerly called" 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 ship 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 2025, the first manned flight is planned.
In April, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said that the state of the ISS leaves much to be desired, so Russia can focus on creating its own orbital station. The Rocket and Space Corporation Energia is tasked with ensuring the readiness of the first base module for the new Russian orbital station in 2025, it will be a scientific and energy module, which was previously supposed to be launched to the ISS in 2024.
