Image: RP1357 p169 Polyus satellite on Energia launch vehicle
Description: Figure 3-16. Polyus satellite on Energia launch vehicle. In July-August 1992, Yu. P. Kornilov, chief lead designer at Salyut Design Bureau, described in an article the Polyus spacecraft (figure 3-15).17 Polyus (“pole of the Earth”) was the payload of the first Energia rocket flight (May 15, 1987) (figure 3-16). In July 1985, the Ministry of General Machine Building ordered the Salyut Design Bureau to create a new spacecraft for the first Energia test flight, then scheduled for autumn 1986. The short lead time forced novel approaches to management and construction. Existing hardware, including systems developed for the Buran shuttle program, was used whenever possible.
Title: RP1357 p169 Polyus satellite on Energia launch vehicle
Credit: Mir Hardware Heritage. NASA Reference Publication 1357 (March 1995).
Author: David S. F. Portree / NASA
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