At the same time, the PRC does not exclude that such interaction between the two countries is theoretically quite feasible
JIUQUAN /China/, October 15. /Correspondent of TASS Nikolay Selishchev/. The Chinese orbital station does not yet plan to exchange its telemetry data (flight parameters) with the Russian space communication centers. This was reported to the TASS correspondent on Friday by the deputy head of the Manned Space Flight Program of the People's Republic of China Lin Xiqiang.
"During the upcoming [manned] mission [Shenzhou-13], we do not plan to [exchange telemetry data with Russia]," he said. "However, in the future, if we have such a need in the process of implementing joint projects, it will be possible to start technical elaboration of relevant issues."
As the deputy head of the department noted, such interaction between the two countries is theoretically quite feasible. "However, this time it is absolutely impossible," Lin Xiqiang clarified.
The exchange of telemetry data makes it possible to prevent an emergency in near-Earth space. In particular, thanks to such cooperation, spacecraft in orbit can more quickly avoid dangerous collisions with space debris.
On October 16, the launch of the Shenzhou-13 manned spacecraft will take place, this is the sixth mission to build the PRC orbital station, it will complete the first stage of the project, during which key equipment is being tested. In 2022, China plans to carry out the work of the second stage, when the installation of space compartments will be carried out. To do this, the administration of the country's manned space flight program will send six more vehicles into orbit, two of them are the Wentian (Questions to the Sky) and Mengtian (Heavenly Dream Space Laboratory) modules, two more are manned, and the rest are cargo.
The Chinese station is located at an altitude of about 400 km and will serve for more than 10 years. It is designed for three people (up to six for a short time when the crew changes). The mass of the T-shaped complex, which has three docking nodes and a gateway for entering space, is 66 tons, the volume of compartments reaches 110 cubic meters. meters. It is expected that the orbital object will work in 2022 and, as promised by the Chinese authorities, will be available for international projects.
