Argo (Russian spacecraft)

ARGO
DesignerMTKS
Country of originRussia
ApplicationsISS logistics
Websitehttp://www.rtss.space/argortss?lang=en
Specifications
Payload capacity
Payload to International Space Station (ISS) (407 km or 253 mi)
Mass2,000 kg (4,400 lb)
Payload to Earth return
Mass1,000 kg (2,200 lb)
Crew capacity0
Volume11 cubic meters of pressurised volume
Dimensions
Length5.6 meters
Diameter4.1 meters

Argo (Russian: Арго) is a proposed Russian reusable cargo spacecraft being developed by Reusable Space Transport Systems (MTKS), a private company.[1]

Its first flight is expected in 2024.[2]

On September 1, 2020, the Russian space agency signed an agreement with MTKS about cooperation in the development of a new spacecraft.[3]

  1. ^ "ARGO". RTSS.
  2. ^ "Russian engineers are planning a reusable cargo spaceship with cheaper transport costs than SpaceX". Meduza. 30 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Roskosmos has agreed with a private company to create a competitor to Dragon (in Russian)". Naked Science. 2 October 2020.