Russian Orbital Service Station

Russian Orbital Service Station
Layout
Station statistics
Crew2 or more
Launch2027 (planned)[1]
Carrier rocketAngara A5
Launch padVostochny Cosmodrome
Orbital inclination98.0°
Typical orbit altitude400 km (planned)
External images
image icon First stage vision 2025-2030 [2]
image icon Second stage vision 2030-2035 [2]

The Russian Orbital Service Station (Russian: Российская орбитальная служебная станция, Rossiyskaya orbital'naya sluzhebnaya stantsiya) (ROSS, Russian: РОСС)[3] is a proposed Russian orbital space station scheduled to begin construction in 2027. Initially an evolution of the Orbital Piloted Assembly and Experiment Complex (OPSEK) concept, ROSS developed into plans for a new standalone Russian space station built from scratch without modules from the Russian Orbital Segment of the ISS.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference tass-20230124 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Прекрасная РОСС будущего" [The beautiful ROSS of the future]. ru:N+1 (in Russian). 26 April 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference roscosmos-20210424 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Zak, Anatoly (16 April 2021). "Russian Orbital Service Station, ROSS". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 27 April 2021.