The International Space Station (ISS) could crash if sanctions are not lifted, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, claimed. The sanctions by Western countries were imposed in the wake of Russia精东影业 invasion of Ukraine.
鈥淭he Russian segment ensures that the station精东影业 orbit is corrected (on average 11 times a year), including to avoid space debris,鈥 Rogozin wrote on its Telegram channel.
鈥淏ut the populations of other countries, especially those led by the 鈥榙ogs of war鈥, should think about the price of the sanctions against Roscosmos,鈥 Rogozin added.
Roscosmos has also sent written appeals to NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency with a 鈥渄emand to lift illegal鈥 sanctions against Roscosmos, Rogozin announced on its Twitter account.
On March 4, 2022, Roscosmos halted the supply of rocket engines to the United States. The Russian space agency has also stopped servicing remaining rocket engines in the US.
“In a situation like this we can’t supply the United States with our world’s best rocket engines. Let them fly on something else, their broomsticks, I don’t know what,” Rogozin said on state Russian television.
