“We are discussing the configuration and orbit of the new station,” wrote Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin on his Facebook.

He noted that the launch of the ExoMars rover of the Russian-European mission to Mars is scheduled for 2022.

Earlier, Dmitry Rogozin noted that "the policy of dumping in the launch services market by the United States" stimulated cost reductions in the Russian rocket and space industry.