KhSC Proton-K Priroda
Proton-K
Status
Success
Date
23 APR 1996
11:48
Launch Provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Launch Pad
81/23 (81L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Proton-K
Mission Type
Human Exploration
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Livestream
Not available