Mir
Soviet/Russian space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mir (Russian: Мир, IPA: [ˈmʲir]; lit. 'peace' or 'world'
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COSPAR ID | 1986-017A |
SATCAT no. | 16609 |
Call sign | Mir |
Crew | 3 |
Launch | 20 February 1986 – 23 April 1996 |
Launch pad | LC-200/39, and LC-81/23, Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center |
Reentry | 23 March 2001 05:59 UTC |
Mass | 129,700 kg (285,940 lb) |
Length | 19 m (62.3 ft) from core module to Kvant-1 |
Width | 31 m (101.7 ft) from Priroda to docking module |
Height | 27.5 m (90.2 ft) from Kvant-2 to Spektr |
Pressurised volume | 350 m3 |
Atmospheric pressure | c. 101.3 kPa (29.91 inHg, 1 atm) |
Periapsis altitude | 354 km (189 nmi) AMSL |
Apoapsis altitude | 374 km (216 nmi) AMSL |
Orbital inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Orbital speed | 7.7 km/s (27,700 km/h, 17,200 mph) |
Orbital period | 91.9 minutes |
Orbits per day | 15.7 |
Days in orbit | 5,511 (15 years and 32 days) |
Days occupied | 4,592 |
No. of orbits | 86,331 |
Statistics as of 23 March 2001 (unless noted otherwise) References:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][unreliable source?][11][unreliable source?][12] | |
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