The flight of the Bion-M research satellite No. 2 with mice and flies on board passes regularly. This was announced on Thursday by the Russian State Corporation Roscosmos.
“on the telemetric information received today, the work of the apparatus is regular, all living organisms have successfully started their journey in space,” the state corporation said in the Telegram channel.
Soyuz-2.1B missile with spacecraft with spacecraft “Bion-M” No. 2, on board of which were mice, flies, plants and microorganisms, started from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on August 20. 75 mice, 1.5 thousand crodzophils, medicinal plants, seeds, algae, microorganisms and stem cells of animals and humans went on board on board. The flight of the device is designed for 30 days. The spacecraft will be displayed in a sunny -synchronous orbit, at which the level of space radiation is about 30% higher than the orbits of the ISS.
The minimum height of the orbit will be 370 km, the maximum is 380 km. The inclination of the plane of the orbit is 96.62 degrees. The mass of the spacecraft is up to 6.4 tons. The purpose of the project is to study the effect of radiation and weightlessness on living organisms in polar orbit.