Moscow. December 30. INTERFAX - The new Russian orbital service station (ROSS) should be in a high-latitude orbit with an inclination of 97-98 degrees, Roscosmos said.
"One of the main expected differences of the planned station is its location. ROSS should be in a high-latitude orbit with an inclination of 97-98 degrees. If now about 20% of the territory of Russia is visible from the ISS, then from the new station it will be possible to observe the whole country," the state corporation said in a statement.
It notes that "the preliminary design of the station should begin in 2022, although it actually began this year."
On November 9, Roscosmos Executive Director for Manned Programs Sergey Krikalev announced that the state corporation is considering several options for creating a Russian orbital station, including using the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS).
"Different scenarios are possible, we have just those studies and those preliminary projects that should be done, they should consider different options, including the option of using the current station to create a new generation station," Krikalev said at a scientific and technical conference of scientists and specialists of RSC Energia.
On August 23, the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, told Interfax that the decision to include the modules of the Russian segment of the ISS in the new station will be made after the development of a preliminary design.
As the head of Roscosmos reported earlier, the scientific and technical council of the state corporation should decide how the appearance of the new Russian orbital station will be formed. "Either by increasing the Russian segment and the subsequent possible separation or a high-latitude station," Rogozin noted.
On November 17, the executive director of Roscosmos for promising projects and science, Alexander Bloshenko, told Interfax that the state corporation doubts the feasibility of creating a new station based on the existing Russian segment of the ISS, but experts should give an exact answer.
According to him, the development of the draft design of the new Russian orbital station will begin in 2022, it will take about a year and a half.
Russia, as reported, has decided to build its own orbital station, an exit from the ISS project is being considered, and this is due to the deterioration of the technical condition of the Russian segment of the station.
The head of Roscosmos reported that about 80% of the equipment of the Russian segment of the ISS has exhausted its resource and the cost of its maintenance after 2025 will be comparable to the cost of creating a new station.
On July 31, the Scientific and Technical Council of Roscosmos approved the creation of a new Russian orbital station.
The ISS is scheduled to be completed in 2028, by which time Roscosmos should launch a new Russian orbital station.
