Mir

Also known as Mir space station

stazione spaziale che ha operato in orbita terrestre dal 1986 al 2001

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Mir was a space station operated by the Soviet Union and Russia from 1986 to 2001 that was the first modular station of its kind and served as a laboratory for scientific research in microgravity. It was the largest artificial satellite in orbit at its time until it was replaced by the International Space Station, making it a significant milestone in space exploration history.

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Space station.station: Mir
Space station.image: Mir Space Station viewed from Endeavour during STS-89.jpg
Space station.image_caption: Mir seen from during STS-89 (28 January 1998)
Space station.insignia: Mir insignia.svg
Space station.insignia_caption: Mir insignia
Space station.sign: Mir
Space station.crew: 3
Space station.launch: 20 February 1986 – 23 April 1996
Space station.reentry: 23 March 2001, 05:59 UTC
Space station.mass: 129,700 kg (285,940 lb)
Space station.pressure: c. 101.3 kPa (29.91 inHg, 1 atm)
Space station.perigee: AMSL \bar{x} \!\,
Space station.apogee: 374 km (216 nmi) AMSL \bar{x} \!\,
Space station.inclination: 51.6 degrees
Space station.period: 91.9 minutes \bar{x} \!\,
Space station.orbits_day: 15.7 \bar{x} \!\,
Space station.in_orbit: ()
Space station.occupied: 4,592

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Has part: Mir Docking Module
Country: Russia
Parent body: Earth
Mass: 129700
Orbital period: 91.9
Image: Mir on 12 June 1998edit1.jpg
Height: 27.5
Width: 31
Length: 19
Significant event: atmospheric entry
Has use: research

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Commons category: Mir
space launch vehicle: Proton-K
UTC date of spacecraft launch: 1986-02-19
topic's main category: Category:Mir
orbits completed: 86331
type of orbit: low Earth orbit
orbital inclination: 51.6
start point: Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200
inception: 1986-01-01
maximum capacity: 3
time of object orbit decay: 2001-03-23
Commons gallery: Mir
different from: Mir
volume as quantity: 350
native label: Мир

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La Mir (in russo: Мир? ; parola che significa sia mondo sia pace) fu una stazione spaziale del tipo modulare, cioè composta da diversi moduli lanciati separatamente e successivamente assemblati nello spazio, prima sovietica e poi russa. L'assemblaggio infatti iniziò il 20 febbraio 1986, però il suo completamento impegnò oltre un decennio. La Mir venne considerata, dopo il lancio del primo satellite artificiale (Sputnik 1 nel 1957) e del primo volo umano nello spazio di Jurij Gagarin (Vostok 1 nel 1961) come ulteriore successo di prestigio del programma spaziale sovietico sebbene non fosse stata progettata da Sergei Korolev. La Mir era posta in orbita terrestre bassa e la sua altitudine variava da 296 km a 421 km, la sua velocità media era di 27700 km/h che le permetteva di completare 15,7 orbite al giorno. La stazione fece il suo rientro distruttivo programmato in atmosfera il 23 marzo 2001.

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