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Nauka
Russian module of the International Space Station. Nauka was launched on July 21, 2021 aboard a Proton-M from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Jul 29, 2021).
COSPAR 2021-066ANORAD 49044Russia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Nauka
- Payload designation
- 77KML No. 179-01
- Other names
- MLM-U
- International designator
- 2021-066A
- NORAD catalog number
- 49044
- GCAT identifier
- S49044
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1021
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- TsM
- Owner
- RKKE
- Country
- Russia
- Builder
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Center
- Platform (bus)
- 77KS
Launch
- Date
- July 21, 2021 · 14:58 UTC
- Launch record
- 2021-066Success
- Rocket
- Proton-M
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC200/39
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 224 km
- Apogee
- 362 km
- Inclination
- 51.58°
- Status
- Docked with another object
- Status date
- July 29, 2021
- Last known active
- March 2023
Size
- Mass
- 19.6 t
- Dry mass
- 19.2 t
- Total mass with attached objects
- 20.3 t
- Length
- 13.2 m
- Diameter
- 4.20 m
- Span
- 23.9 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q915319 (CC0).