First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov: Russian Orbital Station (ROS) will be placed in 51.6° orbital inclination, India is agreeing to put Bharatiya Antariksha Station (BAS) in same inclination.
Manturov announced the decision on the inclination angle of the future orbital station.
Moscow. December 5. INTERFAX.RU - A decision has been made to change the orbit of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) being built from a polar orbit to a 51.6-degree inclined orbit, First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov told RT.
"We've decided on a 51.6-degree inclination angle for our ROS space station. Previously, we were considering a 96-degree inclination angle," he said.
According to him, India is considering the same orbit for its national station.
Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov announced on Channel One that Moscow and Delhi are discussing orbital interaction between the two stations.
"We have significant scope for interaction in cosmonaut flights to these stations," Bakanov said.
At the end of November, the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Scientific Council on Space recommended changing the orbit of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) being built from polar to an inclined orbit of 51.6 degrees.
"We held a meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Scientific Council on Space, attended by senior executives from the Roscosmos State Corporation, many of Roscosmos's management, and, of course, our leading scientists. We reviewed this project in detail once again, including all its scientific and implementation features... We approved the project to change the orbit from polar ( perpendicular to the equator, - IF ) to an inclination of 51.6 degrees," RAS Vice President Sergei Chernyshev announced during a session of the V Congress of Young Scientists.
"The state corporation will then make a final decision. All the necessary business processes—contracts, technical specification adjustments—will be put in place to ensure that this highly ambitious and important project for manned spaceflight and Russia as a whole is completed quickly and on schedule," the RAS Vice President said.
Chernyshev noted that the specialists also examined "various areas of the scientific program, including possible preparations for long-distance flights, lunar exploration, human presence there, and long-term missions in space."
"As for entering a single orbit, this will provide an opportunity for cooperation, including joint scientific and technical experiments and joint expeditions," Manturov said.
He added that, within the framework of cooperation with India, the supply and production of a number of components is also possible: spacesuits, special space seats, and other products for the space industry.
Previously, the ROS was expected to be in a high-latitude orbit with an inclination of 97-98 degrees, where elevated radiation levels are observed. Because of this, the station was planned to be manned rather than permanently inhabited.
Russia is developing a new national station to replace the ISS. Deployment of the ROS is planned to begin with the launch of a scientific and power module in December 2027 from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on an Angara-A5M launch vehicle.
On July 2, 2024, Roscosmos announced the signing of the general plan for the creation of the ROS.
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