Sketch design of Russian space station to be ready this summer - Roscosmos head

MOSCOW. April 12 (Interfax) - A sketch design of the Russian space station will be ready in the summer of 2023, all stages of its creation have been defined, Roscosmos head Yury Borisov said.

"The sketch design will be ready in the summer of this year, but today the basic parameters and shape of the station, the stages of its creation are already well known to us, and I will report to you about it during today's talk," Borisov told Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"The new orbit, the new radiation environment will allow us to advance further and master the technologies that will be required for deep space, in particular for the lunar program," the Roscosmos head said.

Roscosmos First Deputy General Director Andrei Yelchaninov said in an interview with Interfax on April 10 that the construction of the prospective Russian space station is tentatively estimated at over 600 billion rubles. He said the exact amount will be known based on the results of the sketch design, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2023.

As reported, Russia is considering creating a new national space station, which will replace the International Space Station (ISS).

On October 23, 2022, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said that the cost of creating the Russian space station would be determined by the results of the sketch design in the second half of 2023.