Russian Orbital Service Station (ROSS) Development

[Rondaz]

Roskosmos accelerated work on the creation of ROS, Borisov said.

Director General of Roskosmos Yuri Borisov announced the acceleration of work on the creation of ROS.

02:29 10/13/2022 (updated: 09:34 10/13/2022)

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Oct 13 - RIA Novosti. Roskosmos has decided to speed up work on the creation of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS), Yury Borisov, general director of Roskosmos, told reporters on Thursday.

"We are now speedily conducting work on the creation of the Russian Orbital Station," Borisov said.

Earlier it was reported that the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation ( RKK ) is preparing a draft design of the Russian Orbital Service Station. The preliminary design should be completed in the third quarter of 2023, after which the development of design documentation will begin. It was reported that the new station will fly in a high-latitude orbit with an inclination of 96-98 degrees, and not 51.6 degrees like the ISS .

https://ria.ru/20221013/ros-1823560760.html

[Rondaz]

Russia’s new orbital station to be serviced by robots, says top tech executive.

It is reported that the future Russian orbital station may also require robots to provide psychological and information support to cosmonauts’ activity.

18 OCT, 02:36

MOSCOW, October 18. /TASS/. Russia’s future orbital station (ROS) will be maintained with the help of space-based robotic systems, CEO of the Android Technics Scientific and Production Association Yevgeny Dudorov said on Tuesday.

"The ROS is expected to feature artificial intelligence elements and its maintenance will involve space-based robotic systems that will presumably deal with autonomously controlling and servicing the station, using uncrewed robotic vehicles," Dudorov said in an article published by the Energia Space Rocket Corporation in the Space Engineering and Technology magazine.

Robotic systems designed for extra-vehicular activity will be able to carry out refueling, replace expendables, provide maintenance to the payload on the service platform, launch small spacecraft, assemble large-size structures under an operator’s control, inspect the station’s condition, service and repair structural elements and onboard systems. The robots will also be able to assist cosmonauts in spacewalks, he said.

"The tasks of intra-vehicular activity are as follows: autonomously conducting routine maintenance and repair operations, inspecting the state of modules (structural elements, onboard systems, emergency and dangerous facilities) inside the ROS, providing assistance to cosmonauts," the executive director elaborated.

The future Russian orbital station may also require robots to provide psychological and information support to cosmonauts’ activity, he said.

Russia’s Energia Space Rocket Corporation (part of the state space corporation Roscosmos) unveiled a mock-up of the future national orbital station at the Army international arms show on August 15-21. The station’s mock-up consisted of a base, research/energy, gateway target-oriented and production modules and service platforms.

https://tass.com/science/1524185

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Manturov spoke about the project to create the Russian orbital station.

The head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Manturov: the cost of creating the Russian orbital station has been determined.

08:14 23.10.2022

COSMODROME "VOSTOCHNY" (Amur region), October 23 - RIA Novosti. The preliminary cost of creating the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) has already been determined, but it is not yet planned to name it, since the preliminary design of the ROS is not ready, Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, told reporters.

"Naturally, preliminary data on the cost of the work have already been received, but I consider it premature to announce them before the draft design is defended with the participation of a wide range of scientists and experts," Manturov said after the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket.

He recalled that Energia Rocket and Space Corporation ( RKK ) should complete the preliminary design of the space complex of the Russian orbital station in the second half of 2023. Based on the results of the draft design, a cost estimate of the project will be given, the vice-premier specified.

Manturov also said that Vostochny will be the base spaceport for the deployment of the new station. The infrastructure for manned launches has not yet been created here, therefore, in order to create a ROS in orbit, it is necessary to implement a comprehensive project, which, in addition to the station itself, includes a new transport system, ground infrastructure facilities, a control complex, search and rescue of cosmonauts, the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized.

Earlier it was reported that the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation (RKK) is preparing a draft design of the Russian Orbital Service Station. The preliminary design should be completed in the third quarter of 2023, after which the development of design documentation will begin. It was reported that the new station will fly in a high-latitude orbit with an inclination of 96-98 degrees, and not 51.6 degrees, like the ISS .

In mid-October, the general director of Roskosmos , Yuri Borisov , said that work on the creation of the ROS is being carried out in an accelerated mode.

https://ria.ru/20221023/kosmos-1826011410.html

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New Oryol service module will use for core+dock modules.

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Long interview with RSC Energia Chief Designer Vladimir Kozhevnikov about ROSS development and features:

https://www.energia.ru/ru/news/sleduyushchaya-stantsiya-ros-glavnyy-konstruktor-vladimir-kozhevnikov-raskryvaet-unikalnost-novoy-ro.html

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https://tass.ru/kosmos/17032557

Roscosmos announced the launch of modules of the Russian orbital station in 2027-2030

MOSCOW, 13 February. /TASS/. The Science and Energy Module (NEM) of the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) will be launched in 2027, and four more modules will go into orbit in 2028-2030. This was announced in an interview with TASS by Deputy General Designer of the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation (part of Roskosmos), Chief Designer of ROS Vladimir Kozhevnikov.
"At the moment, we plan to launch the first, scientific and energy, module at the end of 2027, the nodal, gateway, basic and target modules - for the period 2028-2030," Kozhevnikov said.

According to the chief designer, the timing of the plant's deployment will be determined based on the results of the preliminary design, which will be completed this year. "The work on the NEM, after a pause, has been deployed in full. The draft design of the ROS defines the requirements for its completion, which will be implemented starting from 2024. The launch of the NEM into the orbit of the ROS is planned using the Angara-5M rocket," he explained.

At the same time, the station, Kozhevnikov stressed, will be practically "eternal". "The proposed project provides for the possibility of replacing worn-out modules. This will not only keep it operational, but also ensure that the technical and technological equipment of the station is up to date," the chief designer added.
Kozhevnikov also recalled that the launch of crews to the new orbital station is planned with the help of a promising transport ship from the Vostochny cosmodrome. This will make it possible to implement the "new station - new ship - new spaceport" strategy.

In April 2021, Yuri Borisov, who at that time was Deputy Prime Minister, stated that the state of the ISS leaves much to be desired, so Russia can focus on creating its own orbital station. At the moment, its preliminary design is underway. In October, Deputy Prime Minister - Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov told reporters that the preliminary cost of creating a promising Russian orbital station is already known.