Biokapsula satellite “Foton-M4″ with the geckos, the fruit fly Drosophila, silkworm eggs, mushrooms and seeds of higher plants landed on Monday, 1st September, in the Orenburg region. The unit returned safely to Earth in scheduled time – 13:18 Moscow time, the official website of the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos).
Planting unit said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. “Foton-M” and his merry crew returned to Earth, “- wrote in his microblog in Twitter official who oversees the government defense, the defense industry, as well as nuclear and space industries.
After landing small space travelers will derive from the capsule. “Then the scientists will be able to see how they suffered the hardships of space flight,” – said the agency, in turn, RIA “News” the representative of the Russian Space Agency, noting that the recovery ” passengers “” Photon “will happen soon.
biocompanion” Foton-M4 “was launched into Earth orbit from Baikonur on July 19th. The launch took place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. spacecraft had to spend two months in orbit, but immediately after its launch in touch with him was lost . Recover it was only after almost a week – on 26 July. After repeated loss of connection state commission decided to put the device ahead of schedule.
In During the flight into space on the unit were several biological objects: five geckos fly Drosophila, the seeds of plants and microorganisms. The biological part of the mission “Photon-M4″ included eight experiments. Experiment with geckos sought input from them offspring. Because of this, many English-speaking users on the network called “Foton-M”, “sex companion.”
Spacecraft “Foton-M4″ is designed for microgravity experiments, providing reception of new knowledge on the physics of weightlessness and the refinement of manufacturing processes of semiconductor materials, biomedical products with improved performance, as well as conducting biological and biotechnological research .
The mass of the satellite was 6840 kg, the mass of scientific equipment – up to 850 kg (600 kg lander inside and outside 250 kg). The average height of the orbit “Foton-M” N4 was 575 km, which is higher than the average height of the orbit of the International Space Station.
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