Future of Russia’s Space Program: Levels, Forms and Legal Models of International Cooperation
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-513X-2026-2-37-53
Abstract
Aim. To analyse international cooperation projects in exploration to identify the new forms, methods and levels of international cooperation capable of bringing the Russian space program to a new level, provided that current space projects and key assets are preserved and developed.
Methodology. Analysis of forms of international cooperation of the Russian Federation in the field of space exploration was used as main research method was conducted. The most significant space projects implemented after the collapse of the USSR have been analysed. Classification of those projects by coverage (national, regional, global levels), and by subjects (public, private sector) was carried out.
Results. Options for development of the Russian national space project are proposed through the more active use of institutional models, and expansion of cooperation at the regional and global levels.
Research implications. Practical significance of this research lies in drawing attention of public and political actors to the topic of space exploration and the key role of the national space program in ensuring the technological sovereignty of the country. Necessity of revising the concept of international cooperation in space is shown, with emphasis on the regional projects, facilitating creation of the Russia's own technological block, based on the strong technological background and the unique location of the Baikonur cosmodrome. The importance of supplementing the space program with global-level projects is emphasized.
About the Author
N. V. Savelyeva
Schmidt Institute of the Physics of the Earth of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalya V. Savelyeva – Researcher
Zelenograd
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