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The ship for flooding the ISS will be ready in the second half of 2028

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The United States Deorbit Vehicle (USDV) to scuttle the International Space Station will be ready in the second half of 2028, NASA spokesman Dana Weigel said.
SpaceX will store and maintain the vehicle, with launch scheduled for mid-2029 and deorbiting the ISS scheduled for late 2030.

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The International Space Station has been in operation since 1998 and is scheduled to retire in the late 2030s. A specialized ship is being developed for safe deorbiting.

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The United States Deorbit Vehicle (USDV) for sinking the International Space Station (ISS) will be ready in the second half of 2028. TASS reports this with reference to a statement by Dana Weigel, who oversees programs in low Earth orbit at NASA.

“SpaceX will store and maintain it, and we will wait until we can connect it to the launch vehicle. We plan to launch it in mid-2029,” the manager said.

According to her, the operation to remove the ISS from orbit is planned for the end of 2030.

In August, Hero of Russia, commander of the cosmonaut corps of the Roscosmos state corporation, head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Oleg Kononenko announced that the final stage of deorbiting the ISS would be carried out by the United States.

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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

The launch of the United States Deorbit Vehicle (USDV) will take place in mid-2029
Very likely · Within years
The operation to remove the ISS from orbit will be completed by the end of 2030
Likely · Within years

Open Questions

What will be the cost of developing and operating USDV?
What specific stages will include the operation to deorbit the ISS?
Will other international partners be involved besides the US and Russia?