Science Power Platform
The Science Power Platform (SPP;
History
It would have provided additional power for the ISS as well as roll axis control capability for the orbital facility. If the Science Power Platform had been delivered to the ISS, it would have been attached to the zenith port of Zvezda, a position currently occupied by Poisk. The SPP would have had eight solar arrays and a robotic arm provided by the European Space Agency (ESA) dedicated to maintaining the SPP.
The SPP's robotic arm (European Robotic Arm) was still added and is currently a part of the station, and launched together with the Russian Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module on 21 July 2021, after many delays.[1][2][3]
An agreement was reached in March 2006 by the Russians and NASA in order to provide part of the power the Russian segments need from the four American solar arrays. Originally the SPP should have made the power supply of the four Russian modules independent from the power supply of the rest of the station. The already-made pressurised hull of a static test article for this component is now being used for the Russian Mini Research Module 1, which launched on STS-132 in 2010. Rassvet is docked to the Zarya nadir port.
RKK Energia, the manufacturer of the
References
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- ^ "Russian port is safely in orbit". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-25.