Interview de Lopota: Le segment russe de l'ISS au-delà de 2020

Why the new Russian manned spacecraft will be without wings? Where " parking " in orbit ? What is the armor of the "Union "? On this and not only correspondent "RG "talks with the president of RSC Energia , Designer General , member -correspondent of RAS Vitaly Lopota.

patchfree a écrit:Très intéressante interview

RG: It is already solved: Station will fly until 2020. But which is further?

[Lopota]: Russian segment s after the completion of the operation of station will be re-equipped into the autonomous orbital complex, which will work still years ten. In 2031 must be completed the building of the orbital manned assembly-line- operational complex. There will be laboratories in orbit, there will be interplanetary complexes and so forth new development stage of humanity requires new knowledge and technologies.

Unique experiments on ground tests propulsion orbital station SIC RCP
:: 10/08/2010

Fire-bed testing ground analogue combined propulsion system (TAC) service module, the Russian segment of International Space Station (ISS) held in FKP SIC RCP, g.Peresvet October 6, 2010. Results of fire tests confirmed performance propulsion system after 25 years of operation. From 1985 to 2010, held 38 sessions firing tests. Total Time Spent propulsion units for components of fuel heptyl and Athyn is 9,085 days. Technical value of the record of terrestrial life test duration increases with time, as the results may justify the extension of the resource ISS and confirm the possibility of applying the elements of ODE in long interplanetary flights. Tests are continuing on the program and allow for a practical solution to the problems encountered when operating the ISS.

Historical background

Creating long-term orbital stations were fundamentally new phase of space exploration. Therefore, confirmation of their health necessitated the creation of unique stands and carry out new experimental work.

In the FKP SIC RCP completed experimental testing of all domestic space stations: Almaz, Salyut, Mir, ISS. Performed the traditional cold-and fire tests propulsion components and assemblies, as well as endurance tests in the mode of terrestrial analog. In particular, terrestrial analog ODE orbital station "Mir" was tested on the bench 4E EC-104. Bench version of the ODE station "Mir" (set EC-500) was installed on the bench on Oct. 18, 1985.

After working for the TAC standard test program to put it in maintenance mode space station, conducting fire and cold testing. For the first time in the history of space exploration was realized the idea of parallel operation of TAC and its terrestrial counterpart, which made it possible to accurately determine the possibility of the station in real time and to develop technology to address emergencies in stand conditions.

After the cessation of operation of the Mir station in February 2001, this experimental setup was included in the poster version of the TAC service module Zvezda ISS (EU-917) to confirm the resource ODE systems and corrosion resistance of aggregates. The stand is equipped with systems of environmental protection, ie emissions from all the 32 liquid-propellant rocket thrusters orientation system stations are neutralized.

patchfree a écrit:Moi je continue à croire que les russes parle d'une autonomie future du segment russe, surtout parce qu'ils souhaitent poursuivre au-delà de 2020 la coopération international avec l'ISS. Je pense de toute façon que l'avenir est là: prolonger la vie de la station en remplaçant les modules les plus anciens et s'en servir comme plate-forme pour des vols vers la lune ou mars. Une sorte de vie éternelle pour l'ISS.