A Dnepr rocket launched Bigelow Aerospace's Genesis I, an experimental inflatable space habitat that tested materials and systems for expandable structures; the module operated for roughly 2.5 years, far exceeding its planned 6-month mission.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.4 T
- Flight
- 6th
- of 22 Dnepr 1 flights
- Date and time
- 12 July 2006, 14:53 UTC
- Rocket
- Dnepr 1
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 370/11, Dombarovskiy, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 2006-029
- Launches in 2006
- 31st of 66
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
Object pages on Space Atlas: Genesis 1
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