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Russia and India discussed the launch of space stations into one orbit
05 Dec 2025
Bakanov: Russia and India discussed the launch of their space stations into one orbit
Russia and India plan to put their future space stations into the same orbit, Bakanov said. This will happen after the International Space Station is decommissioned
Dmitry Bakanov (Photo: Maxim Shipenkov / Reuters)
Russia and India agree to bring their future space stations to the same orbital plane, said the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Bakanov during a visit to New Delhi, an RBC correspondent reports.
This will happen after the International Space Station (ISS) is decommissioned and flooded. "We are creating our own national orbital station, ROS, India has its own BAS (Bharatiya Antariksh Station), and we agree that they are in the same plane, in the same orbit," he said.
NASA and Roscosmos plan to use the ISS until 2028, and until 2030, both space agencies will be engaged in
deorbiting the station.
Roscosmos
announced Russia's withdrawal from the ISS project and the creation of the ROS in July 2022. The future Russian orbital station will not be permanently inhabited, up to two manned spacecraft will be launched to it per year. The core of the station will consist of
four modules: scientific and energy, universal node, gateway and base. In total, Russia plans to launch
34 launch vehicles by 2033 to create a ROS. The first launch is scheduled for 2027. In 2028, it is planned to launch two more modules - node and airlock in one launch.
A render of Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS).
The model of the ROS was presented in the summer of 2022,
the draft design in April 2024. As noted in Roscosmos, the future station will be able to operate without the constant presence of cosmonauts.
The Indian space station BAS is scheduled to be commissioned after the
launch of the first module in 2028, and the station should be fully deployed by 2035. Plans include scientific research in zero gravity, the development of India's manned program, and international cooperation.
The International Space Station is the most expensive scientific project in the history of mankind. The orbital station has a mass of more than 420 tons and is visible from Earth. In November 1998, Russia began construction and launched its first unit, Zarya, and a couple of weeks later the American Unity module was docked to it. They formed the core of the ISS. NASA plans to decommission the ISS and
flood it in 2031.
Россия и Индия обсудили вывод космических станций на одну орбиту
