Roscosmos has denied the construction of the Russian space station
This morning, the newspaper Kommersant published sensational information about the construction of the Russian space station over the next 5 years, which is to replace the ISS. At the new station, the inclination of the orbit will be 64.8 °, and not 51.6 ° as in the ISS, which will allow ships to be launched to it from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.
A certain anonymous source said that the project was developed by scientific organizations of the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos). As you know, Russian politicians have recently spoken out against cooperation with Western countries (for example, Dmitry Rogozin recently expressed himself not to extend the operation of the ISS after 2024), so the project to create an alternative to the ISS fits into the general trend.
Technical details were published in Kommersant, including the station configuration diagram.
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The only problem is that this information is not true. Roscosmos today made a refutation . Surprisingly, the comment again gives an anonymous source. It seems that in Roscosmos everything is encrypted.
“The information in the media about the plans to create and launch elements of the new Russian near-earth station in orbit in 2017-2019 does not correspond to reality. There is no such station in the draft program. This is simply unrealizable neither technically nor financially, the source said. - Roskosmos, as its leaders have repeatedly stated, is interested in extending the operation of the ISS, at least until 2020. The resources for the fulfillment by the Russian side of its obligations under the ISS program are provided for by the Roscosmos budget. The project of own orbital station will demand allocation of much bigger means. It is unlikely that they will be highlighted in today's tense financial environment. ”
The expert noted that the characteristics of the future Russian high-latitude orbital station, given in the media, on the basis of the monitoring capabilities of the Russian territory, are incorrect. “The ISS flies around the globe six times a day with an inclination of about 51.8 degrees. Any more or less knowledgeable person understands that with this from the station one can observe a significant part of the territory of Russia. In addition, the tasks of remote sensing of the Earth, this has already been proved by practice, is much easier and cheaper to solve with the help of special spacecraft, including small ones. To use for these purposes a station weighing tens of tons is at least irrational. ”
Nevertheless, Roskosmos is indeed considering options for launching its own space station in a separate perspective (TsNIIMash is preparing a plan for the development of manned cosmonautics until 2050). “We are looking at different options, we don’t get stuck on one thing, ” State Secretary, Deputy Head of the Federal Space Agency Denis Lyskov said in an interview with TASS. - Some intermediate things throw / in the press / definitely not necessary.
A certain anonymous source said that the project was developed by scientific organizations of the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos). As you know, Russian politicians have recently spoken out against cooperation with Western countries (for example, Dmitry Rogozin recently expressed himself not to extend the operation of the ISS after 2024), so the project to create an alternative to the ISS fits into the general trend.
Technical details were published in Kommersant, including the station configuration diagram.
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The only problem is that this information is not true. Roscosmos today made a refutation . Surprisingly, the comment again gives an anonymous source. It seems that in Roscosmos everything is encrypted.
“The information in the media about the plans to create and launch elements of the new Russian near-earth station in orbit in 2017-2019 does not correspond to reality. There is no such station in the draft program. This is simply unrealizable neither technically nor financially, the source said. - Roskosmos, as its leaders have repeatedly stated, is interested in extending the operation of the ISS, at least until 2020. The resources for the fulfillment by the Russian side of its obligations under the ISS program are provided for by the Roscosmos budget. The project of own orbital station will demand allocation of much bigger means. It is unlikely that they will be highlighted in today's tense financial environment. ”
The expert noted that the characteristics of the future Russian high-latitude orbital station, given in the media, on the basis of the monitoring capabilities of the Russian territory, are incorrect. “The ISS flies around the globe six times a day with an inclination of about 51.8 degrees. Any more or less knowledgeable person understands that with this from the station one can observe a significant part of the territory of Russia. In addition, the tasks of remote sensing of the Earth, this has already been proved by practice, is much easier and cheaper to solve with the help of special spacecraft, including small ones. To use for these purposes a station weighing tens of tons is at least irrational. ”
Nevertheless, Roskosmos is indeed considering options for launching its own space station in a separate perspective (TsNIIMash is preparing a plan for the development of manned cosmonautics until 2050). “We are looking at different options, we don’t get stuck on one thing, ” State Secretary, Deputy Head of the Federal Space Agency Denis Lyskov said in an interview with TASS. - Some intermediate things throw / in the press / definitely not necessary.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/363065/
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