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 Mir insignia | |
| Station statistics | |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1996-023A |
| SATCAT no. | 23848 |
| Call sign | Mir |
| Launch | April 23, 1996 Docked with Mir April 26, 1996 |
| Launch pad | LC-81/23, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
| Reentry | March 21, 2001 |
| Mass | 19,700 kg |
| Length | 9.7 metres |
| Diameter | 4.35 metres |
| Pressurised volume | 66 m3 |
| Periapsis altitude | 385 km (207.9 nmi) |
| Apoapsis altitude | 393 km (212.2 nmi) |
| Orbital inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Orbital period | 89.1 minutes |
| Orbits per day | 16.16 |
| Days in orbit | 1,793 days |
| Configuration | |
 Cut-away view of Priroda | |
The Priroda (Russian: Природа; English: Nature) (TsM-I, 77KSI, 11F77I) module was the seventh and final module of the Mir Space Station. Its primary purpose was to conduct Earth resource experiments through remote sensing and to develop and verify remote sensing methods. The control system of Priroda was developed by the Khartron[1] (Kharkov, Ukraine).