Salyut Space Tug

Khrunichev State Research and Production Center (Russia) was displaying a model model of the design of the Salyut Space Tug at the ILA 1998 Aerospace Exhibition in Berlin, Germany.

The rest of this info is quoted from the reference directly.

The data-sheet stated that it will have a fueled mass of 5t and that it will able to deliver up to 18t of unpressurized cargo to the International Space Station, depending on the used launch vehicle. If the current Proton is used the payload will be about 15t. A representative of Khrunichev told me about an interesting aspect of the design: It will be able to carry payloads of 4,5m diameter and a length of over 10m, thus it will be able to move the US Space Shuttle off the critical path of the ISS! But the final design and the production of this vehicle depends on the availability of funds and he didn't think that the Russian government will provide the money for it in the foreseeable future. Maybe Krunichev builds it with its own money, like the backup of the FGB.

I've seen a at the display of the , the company who builds the Proton launch vehicle and the FGB, the first element of the ISS.

Reference:

http://studweb.studserv.uni-stuttgart.de/studweb/users/lrt/lrt28256/vehicles/salytug.htm

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