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Volga-Dnepr flies Breeze-M booster for Exomar Mission space vehicles
VOLGA-DNEPR Airlines is continuing to support the ExoMars mission organised by the European Space Agency and the Russian space agency, Roscosmos.
Its latest mission was delivering a Breeze-M booster to Baikonur in preparation for the space vehicles' scheduled launch on March 14.
Carried from Moscow to Kazakhstan onboard one of Volga-Dnepr's An-124 freighters, the booster was protected by a special transportation container to maintain the integrity of its sensitive equipment.
The 16-ton payload was loaded into the aircraft using the An-124's own overhead cranes. After the safe arrival and unloading of the booster at Baikonur, Volga-Dnepr returned the transport container to Moscow.
The Breeze-M Payload Assist Module was manufactured by the MV Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre, which established a partnership with Volga-Dnepr Airlines in 1999.
The Proton-M launch vehicle system, also made by the Khrunichev Centre, will launch into the Mars orbit Schiaparelli - an entry, descent and landing demonstrator module - and a Trace Gas Orbiter module. This is the first in a series of Exomars missions.
Its latest mission was delivering a Breeze-M booster to Baikonur in preparation for the space vehicles' scheduled launch on March 14.
Carried from Moscow to Kazakhstan onboard one of Volga-Dnepr's An-124 freighters, the booster was protected by a special transportation container to maintain the integrity of its sensitive equipment.
The 16-ton payload was loaded into the aircraft using the An-124's own overhead cranes. After the safe arrival and unloading of the booster at Baikonur, Volga-Dnepr returned the transport container to Moscow.
The Breeze-M Payload Assist Module was manufactured by the MV Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre, which established a partnership with Volga-Dnepr Airlines in 1999.
The Proton-M launch vehicle system, also made by the Khrunichev Centre, will launch into the Mars orbit Schiaparelli - an entry, descent and landing demonstrator module - and a Trace Gas Orbiter module. This is the first in a series of Exomars missions.
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