Lunar Orbital Station

Originally from Wikipedia · Est. Nov 2009

One proposal of the Lunar Orbital Station a. Docking ports b. Solar panels The Lunar Orbital Station (; LOS) is a proposed Russian space station which would orbit around the Moon. The design was presented in 2007 at a conference at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City. It is one of the two parts of the planned Russian lunar infrastructure, the other part being a base on the surface of the Moon.

LOS would have six docking ports, a high-power antenna for communications, maneuvering and attitude control engines, solar panels and a robotic arm. The station components would be launched atop a super heavy version of the Angara rocket.

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Category:Proposed space stations Category:Exploration of the Moon Category:Space program of Russia

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