flown missionSuccess
Dnepr | Genesis-1
ISC Kosmotras370/11 — Dombarovskiy, Russian Federation
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Genesis-1
- Type
- Test Flight
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Genesis Pathfinder is a technology demonstration for the inflatable Nautilus space station structure as a prototype for a space hotel by Bigelow Aerospace. Once in Earth orbit, the one-third scale hardware is to produce important data regarding multiple features of a full-scale spacecraft. Genesis 1 will be pressurized with nitrogen, but later units will use an oxygen/nitrogen mixture. Genesis includes also windows and an airlock simulator with key seal interfaces. Genesis is 10 ft×8 ft in size when inflated.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Dnepr 1
- Variant
- 1
- Provider
- ISC Kosmotras
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- RUS
launch site
- Pad
- 370/11
- Location
- Dombarovskiy, Russian Federation
- Country
- RUS
- Timezone
- Asia/Yekaterinburg
- Coordinates
- 51.0939, 59.8400