VBK-Raduga
Sign in to saveThe VBK-Raduga capsule was a reentry capsule that was used for returning materials to Earth's surface from the space station Mir. They were brought to Mir in the Progress-M cargo craft's dry cargo compartment. For return, the capsule would be substituted for the Progress' docking probe before it left the space station, and then after the Progress-M performed its deorbit burn, the capsule was ejected at 120 km altitude to reenter the atmosphere independently. It would then parachute to a landing area in Russia.
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- Individual space vehicle.name
- VBK-Raduga
- Individual space vehicle.native_name
- МКБ-Радуга
- Individual space vehicle.image
- Raduga|frameless|center|middle|upright=1
- Individual space vehicle.caption
- NASA illustration of a VBK-Raduga ballistic return capsule during final descent to Earth.
- Individual space vehicle.type
- Reentry capsule
- Individual space vehicle.dimensions
- 1.5m long, 60cm diameter
- Individual space vehicle.dry_mass
- 350kg
- Individual space vehicle.launched_from
- Baikonur Cosmodrome
- Individual space vehicle.first_flight_date
- September 27, 1990
- Individual space vehicle.last_flight_date
- April 9, 1995
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The VBK-Raduga capsule was a reentry capsule that was used for returning materials to Earth's surface from the space station Mir. They were brought to Mir in the Progress-M cargo craft's dry cargo compartment. For return, the capsule would be substituted for the Progress' docking probe before it left the space station, and then after the Progress-M performed its deorbit burn, the capsule was ejected at 120 km altitude to reenter the atmosphere independently. It would then parachute to a landing area in Russia.
Each Raduga was about 1.5 m long, 60 cm in diameter, and had an unloaded mass of about 350 kg. It could return about 150 kg of cargo back to Earth. Use of the Raduga reduced the Progress-M's cargo capacity by about 100 kg, to a maximum of about 2400 kg.