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Module "Destiny" of orbital station "ISS"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MODULE
Registration number
of the module's delivery spacecraft
2001-006A / 26698
Time and date of launch (UT) 23h.13m.02s.   February 07, 2001
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Mass (kg)
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 51.6
   - period (minutes) 89.8
   - perigee (km) 205
   - apogee (km) 322
Date and time of the end of existance (UT) Has been in flight at the moment of file updating
Duration 3287d.00h. (at  February 08, 2010, 00h.00m. UT)
Distance (km)
Number of revolutions around Earth
Summary Laboratory module Destiny was delivered into space with Space Shuttle "Atlantis"   (flight ISS-5A) and mounted on the fore docking port of module "Unity"   of ISS. 2 docking ports - fore, aft.



MAIN MANIPULATIONS WITH MODULE
Date Time (UT) Module revo-
lution number
Station's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Feb 07, 2001 23:13:02 جتر:12690 ISS:12690 Lift-off module "Destiny"   of orbital station "ISS"   (delivered to the orbit by Shuttle "Atlantis" , flight ISS-5A).
Feb 10, 2001 19:12 جتر:12734 ISS:12734 Laboratory module Destiny   mounted on fore port of module "Unity"   of ISS (mission "STS-98" , operator of the robot arm Ivins ).

Sources:
  Spaceflight now
  Alexander Zheleznyakov
  journal "Novosti Kosmonavtiki" ("News of Cosmonautics") from 1993 till our time
  journal "Kosmonavtika, astronomiya" ("Cosmonautics, astronomy") 1983-1991 years
  book "Evolution of vehicle-creating and cosmonautics in the USSR" by Valentin P. Glushko, Moscow, 1987
  Jonathan's Space Report
  and many other people and editions
  


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