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Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterLaunch SuccessfulHuman ExplorationProton
Launched 2000-07-12 04:56:36 UTC81/23 (81L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
39th
orbital launch attempt in 2000
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
8th
launch this year
81/23 (81L)
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
150 d 19 h
since the pad's previous launch
The Service Module SM (Zvesda, DOS 8 (Dolgovremennaya Orbitalnaya Stanziya 8), 17KSM) was the first fully Russian contribution to the International Space Station and serves as the early cornerstone for the first human habitation of the station.
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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