MOSCOW, April 6. /TASS/. Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos has sent proposals to the government on extending the operation of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) to 2028, Roscosmos announced on Thursday.

"The State Corporation Roscosmos has sent proposals to the government of Russia on extending the service life of the Russian segment of the International Space Station until 2028 inclusive," the statement reads.

The Roscosmos scientific-technical council held a meeting in late February attended by the management of the space corporation, its enterprises and also organizations of the Russian Academy of Sciences acting as contractors under the ISS project. The meeting approved a decision on extending the service life of the ISS Russian segment to 2028 and began preparing documents for submitting the relevant proposals to the government.

At its session at the Energia Space Rocket Corporation (part of Roscosmos) in early February, the council of chief designers recommended extending the service life of the ISS Russian segment to 2028.

Roscosmos Chief Yury Borisov told TASS in November last year that the term of Russia’s participation in the ISS project would depend on the technical condition of the Russian segment, the timeframe of deploying the new Russian Orbital Station (ROS), the commencement of space flights to the national orbiter and some other factors.

On his part, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said in late October 2022 that Russia deemed it possible to extend the service life of the ISS Russian segment to 2028 until Russia deployed the national orbital station in its minimal configuration.