Russian Orbital Service Station

Russian Orbital Service Station
Layout
Station statistics
Crew2 or more
Launch2027 (planned)
Carrier rocketAngara A5
Launch padVostochny Cosmodrome
Orbital inclination98.0°
Typical orbit altitude400 km (planned)
External images
First stage vision 2025-2030
Second stage vision 2030-2035

The Russian Orbital Service Station (Russian: Российская орбитальная станция, Rossiyskaya orbital'naya stantsiya) (ROS, Russian: РОС) is a proposed Russian orbital space station scheduled to begin construction in 2027. Initially an evolution of the Orbital Piloted Assembly and Experiment Complex (OPSEK) concept, ROS developed into plans for a new standalone Russian space station built from scratch without modules from the Russian Orbital Segment of the ISS.