Monday, July 4, 2016

Scientific research vessel "Cosmonaut Vladislav Volkov"

  "Cosmonaut Vladislav Volkov" - scientific research vessel designed to collect telemetry data from the spacecrafts and connection of ground flight control points with the crews of space ships and stations. Built in 1977 in Leningrad, as part of a series of four ships of the project "Selena-M". 
  Maximum length of 121.9 m, maximum width of 16.7 m, height of the board to the upper deck of 10.8 m; Total displacement of 8,950 tonnes of sludge 6,6 m; Main propulsion - diesel engine capacity of 5200 liters. The speed of 14.7 knots. 
Marine reserves: oil - 1440 tons, lubricating oil - 30 tons, washing and drinking water - 600 t; Cruising range of 16 000 miles. Stocks have enough provisions for 90 days, water supplies - for 30 days. The crew consisted of 66 people, the expedition - 77 people. Navigation area seaworthy vessel is not limited. From 1977 to 1991 the ship complied with 14 expeditionary flights to Central and South Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and the Indian Ocean. The main task was to ensure control of the flight control center in charge of an operation conducted on manned orbital stations, control switching booster rocket stages during the launches of geostationary satellites and satellites with highly elliptical orbits.
  In 2000, the vessel was dismantled in the Kaliningrad shipyard "Baltica".
  • Series: Scientific research fleet of USSR
  • Country: USSR
  • Year: 1979-12-25
  • Perforation: comb 12 x 11½
  • Printing: Photogravure and Recess
  • Face value: 6 kopecks
  • Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4909