Cargo spacecraft "MRM 2"
(Poisk Module, MIM 2)

Poisk module

Mission:

• The Poisk module (Maliy Issledovatel'ny Modul'-2, MIM-2) was launched on Nov 10, 2009. Poisk is the successor to the Pirs docking module and the Mir SO module:
  

         Article         Spacecraft  Name    Mass       Cargo tug
  1995   316GK No. 1     SO         -        4000 kg    None (STS-74)
  2001   240GK No. 1L    SO         Pirs     3676 kg    Progress M-SO1 No. 301    
  2009   240GK No. 2L    MIM-2      Poisk    3670 kg    Progress M-SO2 No. 302
  

  
  
• The MIM-2 Poisk module was launched to the Station using a Progress service module or 'priborno-agregatniy otsek' (PAO) as its propulsion unit. The combination was called Progress M-MIM2 No. 302 (or M-SO2 No. 302). Poisk has the factory designation 240GK No. 2L and is loosely derived from the Soyuz BO (orbital module). The module docked with the zenith docking port on Zvezda at 1541 UTC on Nov 12.
• On Dec 8, 2009 at 0016 UTC, the Progress M-MIM2 PAO separated from the Poisk, leaving the latter's docking port available for use by visiting vehicles. Three orbits later, at 0448 UTC, the PAO main engine fired for its deorbit burn and the PAO reentered over the Pacific at 05:27 UTC. [Although the PAO flew separately for three complete orbits, no new entry was added to the satellite catalog and it appears that no decay notice for 36086 (2009-060A)]

External links:

• ENERGIA: Poisk module.
• Capcomespace: Russian Modules. (in French)