Yury Borisov, Director General of Roskosmos State Company, said in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the Russian government has extended the operation of the Russian division of the International Space Station until 2028. This is stated in a post on the website. Kremlin.
“The time has come to discuss in detail the issues of creating a Russian orbital station, in particular, because by the decision of the government, the work of the International Space Station was extended until 2028. But time moves fast and in no case should we interrupt manned cosmonautics, ”said Borisov.
The general manager of Roscosmos also noted that the Russian orbital station project will be ready in the summer of 2023.
Previously reportedthem at NPO. SA Lavochkin (part of Roskosmos) said the launch of the Spektr-UF space observatory has been delayed after 2028. It is noted that at the moment work is underway to create a unique space observatory “Spektr-UF”, which will study objects of the Universe in the ultraviolet range of the electromagnetic spectrum, inaccessible to observations from Earth.