Named after Sergey Korolyov, the ship also conducted upper atmosphere and outer space research.

[2] The ship mainly operated in the Atlantic Ocean monitoring spacecraft trajectory and telemetry data as well as guaranteeing a communications link with the cosmonauts.

[3] The ship had about 1200 accommodations, including 79 laboratories, in which 188 scientific workers performed their duties.

[4] The ship was also utilized in a joint US and Soviet research project studying links between the ocean and various atmospheric gasses.

The ship was sold for scrapping and renamed OROL, arriving at Alang on 18 August 1996.