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The Zarya Web SiteWithin Zarya you will find diaries and fact sheets on the Soviet space programme and its successor, the Russian space programme. The site includes space programmes and space research undertaken by the Soviet Union and Russia starting with Korolyov's R-7 rocket and Sputnik earth satellites. In addition, the Zarya web site carries information on other countries' efforts in space. There are also sections covering radio satellite tracking frequencies, and satellite orbits. The "Zarya" Name
Zarya was also the name actually painted on the side of the first space station to reach orbit, even though the station's name was changed to Salyut shortly before launch. The name Zarya now adorns the first element of the International Space Station (ISS), that was launched into orbit by Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome 1998 November 20. issfanclub Web Site - Current StatusZarya is presently being re-designed so you will find a mixture of old and new styles for a while. | ||||||||
"Zarya" (Sunrise) was the radio call sign adopted by Sergei Korolyov for the Baikonur-based mission control when Yuri Gagarin went into orbit. The name has persisted, and endured as part of space history. For many years, Zarya remained located at the Baikonur cosmodrome but since 1973, and the Soyuz 12 mission, Spaceflight Control Centre (TsUP) has been at Kaliningrad, a town near Moscow. Following break-up of the Soviet Union, Kaliningrad was renamed Korolyov.