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Independence in space, primarily from whims partner countries – this is the main thing that will give Russia a high-latitude orbital station. The first news about its construction leaked to the press two years ago, but the official statement of the head Roscosmos Oleg Ostapenko sounded only today.
Sanctions of the West, designers say, didn’t play in this last role. The US and Europe have limited the supply of electronics for of our satellites and rockets, now they are being replaced by domestic equipment.
“We are considering the option of creating a high latitude station, with which can be observed 90 percent of the territory of Russia. She may become the basis for future lunar expeditions, “said the head Roscosmos Oleg Ostapenko.
Not only our country wants to not depend on partners. China, for example, also working on creating its own orbital module. When geopolitics invades even science, it’s the only chance to stay in the lead.
“All technologies exist in Russia. And, of course, create such a station is possible. There are now and now modules are being made for space station, “says the director of the information department Politics and Media, United Rocket and Space Corporation Igor Burenkov.
The new Russian station will be raised much higher than the ISS. From her You can view immediately the entire territory of Russia. Station will improve the quality of navigation signals, will open new opportunities for research, including for the program studying the surface of the moon.
“The station is needed for testing technologies in space, for testing new designs, so that if we still plan to fly to the moon, so that previously the blocks of the corresponding devices were worked out at this station “, – explained the functions of the future station Head of the Space Policy Institute Ivan Moiseev.
They will build a new station no earlier than 2025. But even then, they say astronauts, Russia is unlikely to exit all international programs. To gain independence in orbit does not mean to completely abandon ISS. There are a number of projects, such as the conquest of Mars, where working together is both cheaper and faster.
“We are simply simply interdependent. Let’s say crew delivery to Today is only our ships. Our ships now hang like rescue ships. But as for orientation stations, large powerful geradins (systems supporting orientation of the station) is only for Americans, “- said cosmonaut, hero of the Russian Federation Gennady Padalka.
Independent space programs of our country by construction a new orbital module is not limited. In the center of Khrunichev are developing a plan of the century – the creation of a lunar base, in fact Russian colony on Earth’s satellite, as well as lunar cargo ships. Their components are likely to be assembled on a new orbital station.
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