The pre-flight preparation of the MM-MM-MO-MO-MO-MO-MO-MO-MO-MO-MO-MODE with the node module “Pier” of the Russian segment of the international space station is completed at the Baikonur cosmodrome technical complex.
Today, November 16, 2021, in the hall number 102 of the installation and test case of the site No. 254 Specialists of the Rocket and Space Corporation “Energy” named after S.P. The Queen and profile enterprises of Roskosmos conducted the author’s inspection of the MM-MO-MOD module, and then performed a complex of technological operations for installing a head fairing as part of an assembly-protective block of the space head of the module ship. After the installation and mechanical fixation of both flaps of the fairing, the electric chains of pyrotechnic means of the fairing reset system was carried out.
To launch the “Progress M-mind” vehicle, a standard head fairing of a diameter of 4.1 meters is used, providing its protection against aerodynamic and thermal loads when the carrier rocket is passed through the initial portion of the excavation.
Universal nodular module “Pier” development and production of the RCC “Energy” them. S.P. The Queen is designed to expand the technical and operational capabilities of the Russian segment of the ISS. Running the “Pier” module using the Soyuz-2.1B carrier missile is planned November 24, 2021.