The technical complex of the Baikonur cosmodrome began work under the Program of the Prelation Tests of the Progress MM-MO-MO-Module transport shipping cargo ship with the Nodal Module “Pier” of the Russian segment of the International Space Station.
After completing the official procedure for input control of the module “Pier” Specialists of the Rocket and Space Corporation “Energy” named after S.P. Queen (part of the state corporation “Roskosmos”) performed the assembly of ground test equipment and the test scheme at the workplace of the product in the installation and test case of the site No. 254.
In accordance with the preparation schedule for autonomous electrical tests, the technological on-board cable network of the module was installed and the chains of the power supply system of the product installed on the complex stand in the hall No. 104 were carried out their operation in various docking mode configurations.
Universal nodular module “Pier” development and production of the RKK “Energy” them. S.P. The queen is designed to expand the technical and operational capabilities of the Russian segment of the International Space Station. The removal of the nodal module “berth” on the near-earth orbit and its docking with the nadarth node of the multi-purpose laboratory module “Science” is planned in November 2021.