In 2008, Claramunt stated that construction of the station would begin in October of that year, and that European company EADS Astrium would be the contractor in charge of building the modules and other equipment. However, Astrium denied any involvement in the project. In November 2010, the company announced that a first phase would bring into orbit a single modified ATV module for a cost of , while a second phase would increase the total number of modules up to four in a cross configuration.