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Module "PMA-2" of orbital station "ISS"


BRIEFLY ABOUT MODULE
Registration number
of the module's delivery spacecraft		 1998-069F / 25575
Time and date of launch (UT) 08h.35m.34s.   December 04, 1998
Launch site Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A
Launch vehicle Shuttle
Mass (kg)
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 51.6
   - period (minutes) 89.8
   - perigee (km) 180
   - apogee (km) 322
Date and time of the end of existance (UT) Has been in flight at the moment of file updating
Duration 4211d.15h. (at  June 16, 2010, 00h.00m. UT)
Distance (km)
Number of revolutions around Earth
Summary PMA-2 (fore port) is for docking with spacecrafts Space Shuttle. American module "Unity" with 2 PMA (Pressured Mating Adaprer) was delivered into space with Space Shuttle "Endeavour"   (flight ISS-2A).


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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