Priroda
Sign in to saveThe Priroda (; ) (TsM-I, 77KSI, 11F77I) module was the seventh and final module of the Mir Space Station. Its primary purpose was to conduct Earth resource experiments through remote sensing and to develop and verify remote sensing methods. The control system of Priroda was developed by the Khartron (Kharkov, Ukraine).
Key facts
- Space station.station
- Priroda
- Space station.station_image
- Priroda module (1998) - cropped.jpg
- Space station.station_image_caption
- A view of Priroda from the departing Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-89
- Space station.insignia
- Mir insignia.svg
- Space station.insignia_caption
- Mir insignia
- Space station.sign
- Mir
- Space station.launch
- April 23, 1996Docked with Mir April 26, 1996
- Space station.launch_pad
- LC-81/23, Baikonur Cosmodrome,Kazakhstan
- Space station.reentry
- March 21, 2001
- Space station.mass
- 19,700 kg
- Space station.length
- 9.7 metres
- Space station.diameter
- 4.35 metres
- Space station.volume
- 66 m3
- Space station.perigee
- 385 km (207.9 nmi)
- Space station.apogee
- 393 km (212.2 nmi)
- Space station.inclination
- 51.6 degrees
- Space station.period
- 89.1 minutes
- Space station.orbits_day
- 16.16
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- Priroda (STS-91).jpg
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1996-04-23
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- Priroda (module)
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The Priroda (; ) (TsM-I, 77KSI, 11F77I) module was the seventh and final module of the Mir Space Station. Its primary purpose was to conduct Earth resource experiments through remote sensing and to develop and verify remote sensing methods. The control system of Priroda was developed by the Khartron (Kharkov, Ukraine).
== Description == Priroda was originally designed to carry a deployable solar array. However, due to delays, and the fact that solar arrays were planned for other parts of Mir, a solar array was not included in the launch configuration. Instead, during free flight, Priroda was powered by two redundant sets of batteries totaling 168. Priroda had an unpressurized instrument compartment and a habitable instrument/payload compartment. The unpressurized compartment contained propulsion system components, EVA handrails, and scientific equipment. The instrument/payload compartment was divided into two sections: an outer instrument section and an inner habitation and work compartment. Experiments on Priroda were provided by twelve different nations. These experiments covered microwave, visible, near infrared, and infrared spectral regions using both passive and active sounding methods.