LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Tue Apr 23 1996
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Priroda
Launch Successful
LAUNCH TIME
11:48 AM UTC
(11:48 AM UTC)
April 23, 1996
Window Open
11:48 AM UTC
(11:48 AM UTC)
Window Close
11:48 AM UTC
(11:48 AM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
No Recovery Specified
Type
No Recovery Specified
Rocket Details
Name:
Proton-KDescription:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Human Exploration
- Priroda was the last of the scheduled five Russian modules of the Mir space station complex and was launched from the Baykonur cosmodrome by a Proton-K rocket to dock after 3 days rather than the usual 9 days. The launch itself was 3 days earlier than the planned date in order to facilitate an American microbiology program.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Pad
81/23 (81L)