Russia plans to shorten the operational duration of the ISS station

On May 13, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that Roskosmos will be shortening the operating time of the International Space Station (ISS) by 2020 and submitting it to the government. New space mining program this summer.

Rogozin said that after 2020, Russia wants to finance its more promising space research projects. In addition, in response to the sanctions that the US applies to Russian individuals and businesses involved in the crisis in Ukraine, Moscow may stop the supply and maintenance of RD rocket engines. -180 and K-33 are used in Atlas-5 heavy boosters for the US if these devices are used by the US for military purposes.

Earlier, in the context of disagreement over the viewpoint in resolving the crisis in Ukraine, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced a temporary suspension of cooperation with Russia except for cooperation in the ISS project, capital The irreplaceable significance for America in operation put the crew up into space.

In January 2014, NASA said it wanted to extend the operation of the $ 100 billion ISS Station for four more years after 2020.

In the field of security cooperation, Mr. Rogozin also stated that Russia will completely stop the operation of GPS positioning stations in Russia territory if the US does not agree to arrange GLONASS signal transmission stations in its territory.

Washington will have time from now until May 31 to make a decision on this issue. In the event that the US stops deciding to allocate GLONASS, since June 1, the US positioning stations will no longer receive signals from a total of 11 positioning stations located in 10 Russian entities and these 11 stations will stop working. permanent action since September 1 if negotiations with the US fail to achieve results.

However, the Deputy Prime Minister affirmed that the operation of these 11 stations will not affect civil service.

In its response, NASA said it had not received an official notice from Russia about the change in the cooperation program at ISS and hoped the cooperation would continue.