The corporation has also lost some of the original ambitious projects, including creation of two autonomous modules (transformable and power generating ones, ordered by the Russian Academy of Sciences), meant for the creation of a Russian orbital station.

The project is absent from the latest version of the program. A transformable module was to be created in 2020-2025 and its launch was scheduled for 2025. Its service life was estimated at five years and design and manufacturing costs, 12.3 billion rubles.

The six-tonne power generating module, having a life cycle of ten years, was to be built in 2021-2025. Its design capacity was set at 18 kilowatts. The launch was scheduled for 2025. Project’s costs were expected at 13.7 billion rubles.

Earlier, the head of the Russian segment of the International Space Station, Vladimir Solovyov, said Russia had no plans for creating a national orbital station in high latitudes due to the radiation situation. Unmanned space vehicles can be used there instead.

Media say if Russia curtails its participation in the ISS project, it might create a national orbital station with an inclination of 62 degrees North (the ISS is in orbit with an inclination of 51.6 degrees). The ISS will stay operational till 2024.