S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia - Future Projects

Future Projects

  • Further assembly of ISS Russian segment: development of Multipurpose Laboratory Module (together with Krunichev Space Centre) and "Oka" space production modules (not permanently attached to ISS).
  • Development of new spacecraft with 3 stages:
    1. Modernization of "Soyuz TMA" spacecraft for manned circum-lunar missions - pending commercial orders for space tourism.
    2. Development of "Parom" space tug (in order to replace "Progress M" cargo spacecraft).
    3. Development of multi-aimed Prospective Piloted Transport System (PPTS, Rus') (instead of abandoned Kliper project) for 6 persons.
  • Development of manned lunar program: landing by 2025, creating of permanent lunar base by 2030 in order to extract helium-3.
  • Development of manned Mars mission: landing beyond 2035.
  • Development of "Yamal-300" and "Yamal-400" communication satellites for Gazprom corporation.
  • Development of "Smotr" remote sensing satellites.
  • Development of a pod designed for clearing near-Earth space of satellite debris. The new device is planned to be assembled by 2020 and tested by 2023. The concept is to build the device to use a nuclear power source so that it could remain on task for up to 15 years, primarily working in the geosynchronous orbit zone. Debris collected would be de-orbited to re-enter over the ocean.

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