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Zvezda Service Module

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Backdropped against black space above Earth's horizon, the International Space Station's (from left) Zvezda service module, Zarya module, and Unity module are pictured following the undocking of Space Shuttle Atlantis on Sept. 18, 2000, during the STS-106 mission.
Backdropped against black space above Earth’s horizon, the International Space Station’s (from left) Zvezda service module, Zarya module, and Unity module are pictured following the undocking of Space Shuttle Atlantis on Sept. 18, 2000, during the STS-106 mission.

The Zvezda Service Module was the first fully Russian contribution to the International Space Station and served as the early cornerstone for the first human habitation of the station. The module provides station living quarters, life support systems, electrical power distribution, data processing systems, flight control systems and propulsion systems. It provides a communications system that includes remote command capabilities from ground flight controllers, and a docking port for Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft.

Length: 43 feet
Diameter: 13.5 feet
Solar Array Span: 97.5 feet
Mass: 54,242 pounds
Attitude control: 32 engines
Orbital maneuvering: 2 engines

Mission Overview


Launch: 7/12/00
Installation: 7/25/00
Assembly Mission: 1R
Launch Vehicle: Proton-K