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Summarize this content to 100 words The launch of the first Russian mission to the moon took place 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.The first stage of the rocket separated after 1 minute. 50 sec. after the start of the flight in 3 min. 40 sec. the flaps of the main fairing were reset. The second stage of the rocket separated after 4 minutes. 55 seconds, then the engines of the third stage started. At 2:21, the engines of the third stage were turned off, at 2:22 the main unit as part of the “Frigate” booster unit was brought into the support orbit. According to plans, the station will separate from the booster unit at 03:19, almost an hour and a half after launch.It will be recalled that the station is supposed to develop soft landing technology, take and analyze the lunar soil and conduct other scientific research, including the study of the upper layer of the surface regolith in the area of ​​the South Pole of the Moon, as well as the lunar exosphere.”Misyats-25″ was created from elements of Russian production and using the latest achievements in the field of space instrumentation, Roscosmos emphasizes. The weight of the station is 1.8 tons; the weight of the complex of scientific equipment is 31 kg. The term of active work on the Moon is 1 year.In addition to the robot manipulator for collecting soil samples, the apparatus is equipped with devices for their study: a laser mass analyzer, a lunar infrared spectrometer, and an active neutron and gamma ray detector (ADRON-LR). The device is equipped with eight cameras (two are installed near the engine, two “watch” the manipulator, four wide-angle panoramic cameras are located above). The ARIES-L panoramic analyzer of ions and neutrals will study the illuminated surface of the Moon and record ions ejected from it by the solar wind. Solar batteries are responsible for powering the station. After all, the last device, the scientific information control unit (SCI), is designed to control the operation of scientific equipment, control power supply and transmit commands from Earth.In terms of landing, the station is fundamentally different from its predecessors. The Soviet lunar stations carried out landings in the equatorial zone, the new station should ensure a soft landing in the circumpolar region with complex topography.The landing platform is a construction of a propulsion unit and a landing device, which will provide a soft rumble of the device. The platform is also equipped with antennas of the service radio channel, surface contact sensors and a Doppler speed and range meter. As Lev Zeleny, scientific director of the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said, “Mysyat-25″ will land on the South Pole of the satellite. The main landing area is located north of the Boguslavsky crater, there are also two reserve ones (near the Mantsini crater and the Petland-A crater).”Landing on the moon is quite difficult, like any celestial body without an atmosphere,” said Zeleny. “The atmosphere of Venus and even the rarefied atmosphere of Mars allow you to use a parachute, and on the Moon there is nothing but engines, and you need to calculate everything accurately.” According to him, the main criteria for choosing the landing of “Moon-25″ are the slope of the site, sunlight, radio visibility from the Earth and the distribution of water ice, the study of the composition of which is one of the main tasks of the station.”Moon-25” is the first Russian lunar mission included in the Russian lunar program. It is assumed that the program will initially launch a descending device, and a year later – an orbital one. In the future, Roscosmos hopes, the lunar program will lead to the appearance of a station on the Moon.The broadcast of the launch is available on the Roscosmos YouTube channel.

The launch of the Russian station “Misyats-25” took place / Habr