Short description
Summarize this content to 100 words On August 16, 2023, “Roscosmos” reported that the automatic station “Misyats-25” went into an intermediate orbit around the moon at a height of about 100 km, the procedure was carried out normally.Automatic station “Misyats-25”, created in the Scientific and Production Association named after S.A. Lavochkina (part of the State Corporation “Roscosmos”), entered the orbit of an artificial satellite of the Moon. This is ensured by two inclusions of the propulsion unit of the automatic station. The first switch-on was performed at 11:57 Moscow time by the correcting brake engine and lasted 243 seconds, the second – by the soft landing engines and lasted 76 seconds.For the first time in the modern history of Russia, at 12:03 an automatic station was launched into the orbit of an artificial moon satellite.All systems of “Misyatsia-25″ are functioning normally, communication with it is stable. Measurement sessions of current navigation parameters are being conducted,” Roscosmos reported. For the first time, the apparatus turned on the cruise engine. This happened at the time of the launch of the apparatus into the initial orbit around the moon. The engines of “Misyatsa-25” worked for about five minutes and consumed a significant part of the fuel in the tanks.The station will spend the next three days in a circular 100-kilometer orbit, making 36 turns around the Moon. The plane of movement of the station will be approximately perpendicular to the direction of the Moon to the Sun. This makes it possible to obtain a lunar orbit without shadow areas and provide the necessary amount of electricity from solar batteries.Specialists of TsUP began to form a landing orbit for the station. It will be elliptical, and when passing perihelion (the point that is the least distant from the Moon), the device will be only 18 km from the surface of the Earth’s satellite. The spacecraft will spend another two days in this orbit, making 24 revolutions. And then the admixture procedure will begin.The Moon-25 landing is planned for August 21 in the area north of the Boguslav crater (the coordinates of the center of the ellipse are 69.5450 degrees south latitude and 43.5440 degrees east longitude). Full description of the mission and scientific instruments of “Moon-25”.Chronology of the “Moon-25” mission On August 11, the first Russian mission to the moon was launched from the Skhidny cosmodrome. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the interplanetary automatic station “Misyats-25” launched into space at 2:10:57 Moscow time. During the next ten days, the Flight Control Center (FTC) will work around the clock, conducting communication sessions with the station every two hours. “Roscosmos” confirmed that the automatic station “Misyats-25” was placed on the trajectory of the flight to the moon and separated from the acceleration unit “Fregate”. After separation from the Frigat booster unit, the automatic station was taken over, Roscosmos explained. Judging by the received telemetry, the service and on-board systems of “Misyatsa-25” are functioning normally. The connection with the station is stable and steady, the control group works normally. On August 12, the automatic station “Misyats-25” corrected the trajectory of the flight to the Moon for the first time. This procedure was carried out normally. The engine installation of the station (low-thrust engines) was switched on at 16:00 Moscow time and worked for 46 seconds. On August 13, the first inclusion and transfer of data from the complex of scientific equipment “Moon-25” took place. “All systems of the automatic station work normally, the connection with it is stable, the energy balance is positive. During the flight, the first inclusions of the complex of scientific equipment developed by the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICM RAS) were carried out. Service telemetry information from all devices showed their regular functioning. “The first measurement data on the flight to the Moon have been received, and the project’s scientific team has begun processing them,” Roskosmos said. On August 14, the automatic station “Misyats-25” corrected the trajectory of the flight to the moon for the second time. This procedure was carried out normally. The station’s engine was turned on at 06:40 Moscow time and worked for 24.3 seconds. “Roscosmos” added that all systems of “Misyatsa-25” are functioning normally, communication with the station is stable. Specialists of the Russian Academy of Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences published the first photos from the onboard cameras of the Moon-25. The Moon service television system-25 (STS-L) consists of eight cameras.
“Misyats-25” entered the intermediate orbit around the moon, the procedure was completed normally
On August 16, 2023, “Roscosmos” reported that the automatic station “Misyats-25” went into an intermediate orbit around the moon at a height of about 100 km, the procedure was carried out normally.
Automatic station “Misyats-25”, created in the Scientific and Production Association named after S.A. Lavochkina (part of the State Corporation “Roscosmos”), entered the orbit of an artificial satellite of the Moon.
This is ensured by two inclusions of the propulsion unit of the automatic station. The first switch-on was performed at 11:57 Moscow time by the correcting brake engine and lasted 243 seconds, the second – by the soft landing engines and lasted 76 seconds.
For the first time in the modern history of Russia, at 12:03 an automatic station was launched into the orbit of an artificial moon satellite.
All systems of “Misyatsia-25″ are functioning normally, communication with it is stable. Measurement sessions of current navigation parameters are being conducted,” Roscosmos reported.
For the first time, the apparatus turned on the cruise engine. This happened at the time of the launch of the apparatus into the initial orbit around the moon. The engines of “Misyatsa-25” worked for about five minutes and consumed a significant part of the fuel in the tanks.
The station will spend the next three days in a circular 100-kilometer orbit, making 36 turns around the Moon. The plane of movement of the station will be approximately perpendicular to the direction of the Moon to the Sun. This makes it possible to obtain a lunar orbit without shadow areas and provide the necessary amount of electricity from solar batteries.
Specialists of TsUP began to form a landing orbit for the station. It will be elliptical, and when passing perihelion (the point that is the least distant from the Moon), the device will be only 18 km from the surface of the Earth’s satellite. The spacecraft will spend another two days in this orbit, making 24 revolutions. And then the admixture procedure will begin.
The Moon-25 landing is planned for August 21 in the area north of the Boguslav crater (the coordinates of the center of the ellipse are 69.5450 degrees south latitude and 43.5440 degrees east longitude). Full description of the mission and scientific instruments of “Moon-25”.
Chronology of the “Moon-25” mission
On August 11, the first Russian mission to the moon was launched from the Skhidny cosmodrome. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the interplanetary automatic station “Misyats-25” launched into space at 2:10:57 Moscow time. During the next ten days, the Flight Control Center (FTC) will work around the clock, conducting communication sessions with the station every two hours.
“Roscosmos” confirmed that the automatic station “Misyats-25” was placed on the trajectory of the flight to the moon and separated from the acceleration unit “Fregate”. After separation from the Frigat booster unit, the automatic station was taken over, Roscosmos explained. Judging by the received telemetry, the service and on-board systems of “Misyatsa-25” are functioning normally. The connection with the station is stable and steady, the control group works normally.
On August 12, the automatic station “Misyats-25” corrected the trajectory of the flight to the Moon for the first time. This procedure was carried out normally. The engine installation of the station (low-thrust engines) was switched on at 16:00 Moscow time and worked for 46 seconds.
On August 13, the first inclusion and transfer of data from the complex of scientific equipment “Moon-25” took place. “All systems of the automatic station work normally, the connection with it is stable, the energy balance is positive. During the flight, the first inclusions of the complex of scientific equipment developed by the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICM RAS) were carried out. Service telemetry information from all devices showed their regular functioning. “The first measurement data on the flight to the Moon have been received, and the project’s scientific team has begun processing them,” Roskosmos said.
On August 14, the automatic station “Misyats-25” corrected the trajectory of the flight to the moon for the second time. This procedure was carried out normally. The station’s engine was turned on at 06:40 Moscow time and worked for 24.3 seconds. “Roscosmos” added that all systems of “Misyatsa-25” are functioning normally, communication with the station is stable.
Specialists of the Russian Academy of Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences published the first photos from the onboard cameras of the Moon-25. The Moon service television system-25 (STS-L) consists of eight cameras.
