Russian ships Progress and USDV USA will take the ISS out of orbit in 2028

Russian and American spacecraft will participate in a joint operation to remove the International Space Station (ISS) from orbit. This was announced on August 5 by a representative of the Roscosmos state corporation.

"According to the program, the planned lowering of the station's orbit begins in 2028, and the duration of the ISS reduction process itself is <...>.. It takes about two years," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

According to a representative of Roscosmos, it is planned to use a specially designed American ship and two Russian Progress cargo ships to carry out this operation, which will be responsible for controlling the station's orientation.

In addition, Roscosmos and NASA plan to coordinate the distribution of responsibility between the parties during the operation.Газета.Ru ".

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The withdrawal of the ISS from Earth orbit from 2028 was reported back in March. Then the head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Bakanov, noted that in parallel with this, the launch of the first module of the Russian orbital station is planned in 2028. It will replace the ISS in Earth orbit. The launch will take place from the Baikonur cosmodrome.