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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch SuccessfulHuman ExplorationProton-M
Launched 2021-07-21 14:58:25 UTC200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
69th
orbital launch attempt in 2021
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
1st
launch this year
200/39 (200L)
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
355 d 17 h
since the pad's previous launch
Nauka (which means "Science" in Russian), also known as Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM), is a new module of the russian segment of the ISS. It will dock at Zvezda's nadir port, replacing the Pirs module occupying it since September 2001. The Nauka module is designed to be used for experiments, docking and cargo as well as serve as a crew work and rest area. It is equipped with full guidance and navigation control including engines and an attitude control system that can be used as a backup by the ISS. The Nauka module also brings the European Robotic Arm, for which a spare elbow joint was already launched in 2010, to the orbital laboratory.
Launch Provider
Government · Russia · Founded 1916 · Director Andrey Vladimirovich Kalinovskiy
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center is a Moscow-based producer of spacecraft and space-launch systems, including the Proton and Rokot rockets and is currently developing the Angara rocket family. The Proton launch vehicle launches from Baikonur and Rokot launches from Baikonur and Plesetsk. Angara will launch from Plesetsk and Vostochny.
Launches
193
Successful
178
92%
Upcoming
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scheduled
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Module is healthy and in planned orbit.
spacevogel
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Corrected the T-0
spacevogel
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New date confirmed by Roscosmos
spacevogel
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Launch postponed to NET July 21 due to thermal blankets missing from MLM Nauka's star trackers.
Nosu
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The MLM Nauka module has successfully completed its testing phase. Launch currently targeted for July 15.
Nosu
Height
58.2m
Diameter
7.4m
To low Earth orbit
23,000kg
Liftoff thrust
10,532kN
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