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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch SuccessfulHuman ExplorationProton
Launched 1996-04-23 11:48:50 UTC81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
24th
orbital launch attempt in 1996
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
4th
launch this year
81/23 (81L)
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
14 d 12 h
since the pad's previous launch
Priroda was the last of the scheduled five Russian modules of the Mir space station complex and was launched from the Baykonur cosmodrome by a Proton-K rocket to dock after 3 days rather than the usual 9 days. The launch itself was 3 days earlier than the planned date in order to facilitate an American microbiology program.
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.
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