The VBK-Raduga is a reentry capsule, which allowed returning materials from the space station Mir.
Created: 2018-11-22
Updated: 2023-03-04
Company - MKB Raduga (Raduga Design Bureau)
- Founded
- Country
- 1957
- Russia
- Website
- MKB Raduga
Product/Service - VBK-Raduga
- Classification
- Cargo Transportation & Landers
- Category
- Transport Service (Re-Entry)
- Fields
- Space Capsule
- Status
- Discontinued
- First launch
- 1990
1.5 m long, 60 cm in diameter, and had an unloaded mass of about 350 kg. Could return about 150 kg. Used about 10 times.