The state Corporation Roscosmos plans to create an operator to provide commercial experiments on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS).
This follows from the data of the public procurement portal.
According to the tender, the contractor will have to prepare and support the approval of the draft decision of the Board of the state corporation "Roscosmos" on the creation of an operator to provide services on the Russian segment of the ISS in matters of commercial use of the ISS.
It is also planned to develop a website and a mobile application dedicated to providing commercial experiments on the ISS.
In addition, the contractor will have to analyze at least 20 completed or ongoing experiments on the Russian segment of the ISS "for the possibility of commercialization of their results." As a result of the work, the state corporation wants to get a plan for the commercialization of at least 10 experiments.
The works should be completed by July 15, 2022, their cost will be 60 million rubles.
Earlier, Dmitry Rogozin reported that he plans to discuss with the head of NASA, Bill Nelson, the expansion of the commercial use of the Russian segment of the ISS, Interfax reminds.