Proton-M | MLM Nauka
Launch Successful
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
July 21, 2021, 2:58 p.m. - July 21, 2021, 2:58 p.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
July 21, 2021, 2:58 p.m. - July 21, 2021, 2:58 p.m.
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.
Module is healthy and in planned orbit.
Corrected the T-0
New date confirmed by Roscosmos
Launch postponed to NET July 21 due to thermal blankets missing from MLM Nauka's star trackers.
Proton-M is a three stage Russian heavy lift launch vehicle derived from the Soviet Proton launch vehicle. Image Credit: Alex Lane
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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