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Priroda

Module of the Mir space station. Priroda was launched on April 23, 1996 aboard a Proton-K from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Apr 26, 1996).

COSPAR 1996-023ANORAD 23848Russia

Identity

Name in GCAT: Priroda
Payload designation: 77KSI No. 174-01
Other names: TsM-I:P
International designator: 1996-023A
NORAD catalog number: 23848
GCAT identifier: S23848
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/320

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: April 23, 1996 · 11:48 UTC
Launch record: 1996-023Success
Rocket: Proton-K
Spaceport: Baikonur · pad LC81/23

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 389 km
Apogee: 396 km
Inclination: 51.65°
Status: Docked with another object
Status date: April 26, 1996
Last known active: Mar 23, 2001
End of operations: Mar 23, 2001

Size

Mass: 19.5 t
Dry mass: 18.6 t
Length: 15.0 m
Diameter: 4.10 m
Span: 15.0 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2060879 (CC0).