Rogozin, in response to US threats, recalled which engines are used to correct the ISS orbit

“Do you want to block our access to radiation-resistant space microelectronics?

So you already did it quite officially in 2014.

As you noticed, we, nevertheless, continue to make our own spacecraft, ”Rogozin wrote on Telegram.

He also recalled that Russia is aware of US plans to finally destroy the global space competition market from 2023.

According to him, Russia is ready to act here as well.

“You want to destroy our cooperation on the ISS?

This is how you already do it by limiting exchanges between our cosmonaut and astronaut training centers.

Or do you want to manage the ISS yourself?”

- he said.

Rogozin suggested reminding US President Joe Biden that the correction of the ISS orbit and its avoidance of dangerous encounters with space debris is carried out exclusively by the engines of the Russian Progress MS cargo ships.

“If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States or Europe?

There is also the option of dropping a 500-ton structure to India and China.

Do you want to threaten them with such a prospect?

The ISS does not fly over Russia, so all the risks are yours.

Are you ready for them?"

he wrote.

As previously stated by the US President, new sanctions against Russia will affect the Russian space program.