July 2, 2024
Categories: Roscosmos, ROSS, Russia

Today, on 2 July, Yury Borisov, Head of Roscosmos State Corporation, approved the master schedule for constructing the Russian Orbital Station. The document was also signed by 19 general directors of the main cooperation enterprises.

The schedule includes not only works on designing and manufacturing the station modules but also flight tests of the new generation manned transport vehicle, creation of launch vehicles and ground space infrastructure facilities, and works of scientific institutes of the industry to support the project.

Deployment of the station is planned to begin with the launch of the science and energy module in 2027, Roscosmos reports.

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