The former ISS Russian modules would be assembled and placed into a high-inclination orbit to serve as a platform for Earth observation at high latitudes, encompassing most of the Russian territory. OPSEK station has inherited the project criteria initially planned for the Mir and Mir-2. OPSEK’s configuration evolution (Credits: Roscosmos). It seems, however, that MLM is not likely to actually lift off before 2014. 11 2013, enabling a docking of the spacecraft to the Zvezda Service Module on the Russian segment of the ISS. According to RussianSpaceWeb, in October 2012 RKK Energia leadership approved the launch of the MLM Nauka module, scheduled for Dec. OPSEK’s final design would depend on when ISS is retired and the readiness of the latest Russian modules at that time. “If the need arises, we could undock the new modules, starting with the MLM, and they will serve as a foundation for a new generation Russian space station,” said Alexander Derechin, deputy chief designer for Russia’s space corporation RKK Energia, said at a scientific forum in Moscow. The initial architecture of the OPSEK complex would be built out of modules originally planned for the Russian segment of the ISS. OPSEK: The Orbital Piloted Assembly and Experiment Complexįormer head of Russian Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov officially informed its ISS partners about its intention to “build and prepare for operation the first elements of the orbital assembly and experimental piloted space complex by the end of the ISS life cycle,” in June 2009. – Below, a CGI reconstruction of the destructive reentry of the International Space Station. The ISS program, whether it will end in 2020 or 2028, may not just finish with a complex deorbiting operation, but could be converted for use in a new project, operated by Russia, called the Orbital Piloted Assembly and Experiment Complex (OPSEK). The future of this piece of space history remains unclear. ISS represents the beginning of a new space era and an excellent example of international peaceful cooperation for the advancement of scientific knowledge. In June 2011 cooperating countries agreed to finance the International Space Station (ISS) Program until 2020 with the possibility to operate it until 2028. A proposed concept for OPSEK in 2011 (Credits: Roscosmos).
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