American design engineers propose to take as a model the Russian method of deorbiting the Soviet Mir station for decommissioning the International Space Station (ISS). This was stated by Vladimir Solovyov, Deputy General Director of RSC Energia.
According to him, "the method of controlled deorbiting of the station is also a very serious job".
And now, when we talk and think together with our American colleagues about the completion of the ISS program, they frankly say that let's use the experience of controlled deorbiting of the Mir station.
Earlier, the head of Roscosmos stated that the ISS will be completely deorbited in 2030. It will be replaced by the Russian Orbital Station (ROS).
About the Mir Station
The first multi-module manned station was in space from 1986 to 2001. The Mir consisted of 7 modules. About 23 thousand scientific experiments were conducted on board the station.
The Progress M1-5 cargo spacecraft was used for its descent. With the help of the ship's engines, the Mir station was transferred to an orbit 220 km from Earth, then to 165 km.
When it entered the dense layers of the atmosphere, it caught fire. About 12 tons of debris fell on the "spacecraft cemetery" in the Pacific Ocean.
