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Module "Unity" of orbital station "ISS"
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Module "Unity" 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 | 2nd module of ISS - American module "Unity" (Node 1) with 2 PMA (Pressured Mating Adaprer) was delivered into space with Space Shuttle "Endeavour" (flight ISS-2A). 6 docking ports - fore, aft, nadir, zenith, left, right. PMA-1 (aft port) is for single docking for ever with module "Zarya" , PMA-2 (fore port) is for docking with spacecrafts Space Shuttle. |
| MAIN MANIPULATIONS WITH MODULE |
| Date | Time (UT) | Module revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Dec 04, 1998 | 08:35:34 | جتر:222 | ISS:222 | Lift-off module "Unity" of orbital station "ISS" (delivered to the orbit by Shuttle Endeavour, flight ISS-2A). |
| Dec 07, 1998 | 02:07 | جتر:264 | ISS:264 | Docking of module "Unity" via adapter "PMA-1" to module "Zarya" of station "ISS" by Shuttle Endeavour. |
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