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Роскосмос в 2021 году планирует начать разрабатывать модуль-стапель, предназначенный для сборки крупных космических конструкций. Для создания установки агентству необходимо 3,6 миллиарда рублей.

Об этом сообщается в проекте Федеральной космической программы (ФКП) на 2016-2025 годы, который ведомство направило в правительство России на согласование, сообщает "Интерфакс".

Модуль-стапель с двумя манипуляторами, согласно планам Роскосмоса, будет использоваться в качестве платформы для строительства на околоземной орбите космических кораблей больших размеров, в том числе и межпланетных.

В 2021 году ведомство собирается подготовить эскизный проект модуля, а в 2022 году — рабочую документацию. Наземные испытания установки Роскосмос собирается провести в 2023 году. Ее масса оценивается в восемь тонн, а срок эксплуатации — в десять лет, пишет Lenta.ru.
TO BE CONTINUED  8)
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Can you provide a translation? 

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Роскосмос в 2021 году планирует начать разрабатывать модуль-стапель, предназначенный для сборки крупных космических конструкций. Для создания установки агентству необходимо 3,6 миллиарда рублей.

Об этом сообщается в проекте Федеральной космической программы (ФКП) на 2016-2025 годы, который ведомство направило в правительство России на согласование, сообщает "Интерфакс".

Модуль-стапель с двумя манипуляторами, согласно планам Роскосмоса, будет использоваться в качестве платформы для строительства на околоземной орбите космических кораблей больших размеров, в том числе и межпланетных.

В 2021 году ведомство собирается подготовить эскизный проект модуля, а в 2022 году — рабочую документацию. Наземные испытания установки Роскосмос собирается провести в 2023 году. Ее масса оценивается в восемь тонн, а срок эксплуатации — в десять лет, пишет Lenta.ru.
TO BE CONTINUED  8)

"Roscosmos in 2021 plans to develop a module-berth, designed to build large space structures. The program cost will be 3.6 billion rubles.

The project was announced in the draft Federal Space Program (FCP) for the years 2016-2025.  That Office has sent [the proposal] to the Russian government for approval, reports "Interfax".

Module-berth with two manipulators [robot arms?], according to the plans of Roscosmos, will be used as a platform for the low-Earth orbits construction of large spacecraft- including interplanetary [spacecraft].

In 2021 the agency intends to prepare a preliminary design of the module, and in 2022 - working documentation. Ground testing installation Roscosmos will take place in 2023. Its [the module] weight is estimated at eight tons, and the period - in ten years, writes Lenta.ru."

Sure they will. :p There's no mention that this will be an ISS module, but at only 8 tons, it's smaller than the unity docking module, so it's got to be attached to ISS even though the Russians plan on ending ISS participation in 2020, but this is a Russian press release, so who knows what they're thinking! A manned free-flyer- even as a tug berthed to ISS, but used as an independent flyer-  would be silly to maintain when they could just launch and dock pieces autonomously for cheaper, and the ISS isn't laid out to have lots of large spacecraft pieces floating around its vicinity.

I suspect that this press release is related to some of their Bigelow inflatable habitation copy-cat designs that have been floating around on the Internet lately (see image) (http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/roscosmos-wants-440-to-build-inflatable-space-stations/505827.html).  Bigelow's "carrier" variant habitat (image also attached) would be a nice analogue to this press release.

The Russian aerospace industry has a long tradition of announcing done deals that are little more than paper proposals.  I sincerely wish it were otherwise, but there we are. Perhaps the difference between planning and contracts are just lost in translation.  When I took Russian, I never felt like nuance was a big part of their language- things either "are" or "are not", there is no "may be."  But I'm no native-level speaker either.
« Last Edit: 08/26/2014 03:52 pm by sghill »
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IMHO this press-release has nothing to do with inflatable modules from RKK Energia (Rocket & Space Corporation Energia) AFAIK it could be a base module of orbital assembly facility Orbital Piloted Assembly and Experiment Complex (OPSEK)

Most likely 2 manipulators would be ordered from the St Petersburg TsNII of Robotic Systems (Central science and research institute of robotics and technical cybernetics), the company managed by Lopota-junior (The same firm developed manipulator for Soviet Space Shuttle Buran and 2-joint ROKVISS manipulator for ISS).

BTW RUB 3.6 billion ~ USD 99.554 million by exchange rate on 25th of Aug 2014

Module with mass of 8 tones could be launch to LEO by Soyuz 2.1B LV and most likely would be build by either RKK Energia or RKTs Progress
Please note that press release also did not specify LEO as destination orbit :)
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Can you provide a translation? 
Yes I could but please do mind timezone differences :)
"Selene, the Moon. Selenginsk, an old town in Siberia: moon-rocket  town" Vladimir Nabokov

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