Russian Orbital Station details details its features

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Russian Orbital Station details details its features

Roscosmos presented a model of the Russian Orbital Station, outlining its projected features.

Moscow revealed earlier this year that it plans to leave the International Space Station ISS after 2024 after the Russian space agency unveiled a mockup of its new orbital station for the first time on Monday.

Roscosmos presented the model of the Russian Orbital Station ROS during the 2022 International Military-Technical Forum. The agency, Energia Space Corporation, is working on a sketch of the future space station, with its deployment set to unfold in two stages.

The first stage will involve four modules a science power module, a node, a core module and a gateway, according to Roscosmos. The crew will consist of two people at this stage.

The agency added that the second stage will add two more modules to the station target and production modules as well as a servicing platform. The crew will be increased to four after this.

The developers single out huge energy potential for purpose-oriented tasks, unification of modules, the possibility of interaction with next-generation satellite groupings and various modes of operation are among the new features and capabilities of the national station, according to Roscosmos.

In late July, Roscosmos chief Yury Borisov said Russia will withdraw from the ISS after 2024, and that Moscow intends to fulfill its obligations to its foreign partners. He said that the decision has nothing to do with geopolitics, including the Ukraine conflict.

The timing for pulling out is dependent on the technical state of the ISS, and could come at any time after 2024, according to Sergey Krikalev, the executive director for manned space programs at Roscosmos.

A former Soviet cosmonaut and chief designer for spacecraft manufacturer RSC Energia said last year Russia would start building its own space station as early as 2028. The Science Power Module 1 will be built on the Science Power Module 1, which was originally designed for the ISS, but is now being repurposed, Solovyov said at the time.

The former head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, predicted that the ISS, which NASA plans to operate until 2030, would fall apart unless huge amounts of money are invested in repairs.