The scientific and space accelerator associated with the Russian Orbital Station (ROS) started in the spring, and, as noted in RSC Energia, more than 70 applications were sent to it.
After completing the registration, Energia's experts communicated with the teams, analyzed the projects and selected the most interesting ones.
Ten applications were selected for the second stage of the accelerator, including:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle for a space station;
- an electric arc propulsion system operating on water decomposition products;
- a small descent vehicle for cargo delivery;
- a controlled parachute system using computer vision;
- a platform for placing equipment in orbit.
Consultations with relevant experts will be held in September and October. Participants will be able to learn more about promising ROS space services and the theory of solving inventive problems in projects at orbital stations. The main task of the teams is to refine the projects in accordance with the knowledge and recommendations received, and then compete for prizes on the demo day, which will be held in November. The prize fund of the accelerator is 3.2 million rubles.
The space accelerator from RSC Energia is being held for the second time. The first accelerator was dedicated to fourteen key areas of space development: from dual-use projects to strengthen Russia's defense capabilities to the design of upper stages, components and components.
The winner, who received one million rubles in the first accelerator, was the project Russian space tug "Matros" for ROS, which was developed at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. The small automated transporter of the Russian Orbital Station, also known as "Matros", will be able to transport cargo with an approximate weight of about 100 kg. It will also be useful to cosmonauts when launching and returning small satellites and experiments outside the ROS. Over the year, the project has been finalized to the stage of a model, and it is preparing to be implemented for work in space.
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