The first launch of the EAGLE without astronauts on board is scheduled for December 15, 2023
MOSCOW, September 30. /TASS/. The interorbital space tug will be created on the basis of the promising OREL spacecraft being developed in Russia today. This is stated in the Roscosmos report for 2020.
The State Corporation plans to cooperate with the Russian Academy of Sciences and other scientific organizations on the development of scientific proposals and detailed study of technical aspects of the implementation of the Lunar Program. It is supposed to carry out a multi-launch scheme of sending to the Moon using the ANGARA-A5B rocket.
In addition, as noted in the report, cooperation is expected to create "on the basis of the PTK [manned transport ship] "EAGLE" its lightweight version, a lunar take-off and landing craft, an interorbital tugboat MOB-KVTK." It is also planned to upgrade the BRIZ-M upper stage.
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 docking of the ship with the ISS is not provided. 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.