Soyuz TM-22
Operator | Rosaviakosmos | ||||
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Mission duration | 179 days, 1 hour, 41 minutes, 45 seconds | ||||
Orbits completed | ~2,800 | ||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM | ||||
Manufacturer | RKK Energia | ||||
Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) | ||||
Crew | |||||
Crew size | 3 | ||||
Members |
Yuri Gidzenko Sergei Avdeyev Thomas Reiter | ||||
Callsign | Ура́н (Uran) | ||||
Start of mission | |||||
Launch date | September 3, 1995, 09:00:23 UTC | ||||
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 | ||||
End of mission | |||||
Landing date | February 29, 1996, 10:42:08 UTC | ||||
Landing site | 51°23′N 67°27′E / 51.38°N 67.45°E | ||||
Orbital parameters | |||||
Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
Regime | Low Earth | ||||
Perigee | 339 kilometres (211 mi) | ||||
Apogee | 340 kilometres (210 mi) | ||||
Inclination | 51.6 degrees | ||||
Docking with Mir | |||||
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Soyuz TM-22 was the 23rd manned spacecraft mission to visit the Soviet Space Station Mir.[1]
Crew
Position | Crew | |
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Commander | Yuri Gidzenko First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Sergei Avdeyev Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Thomas Reiter First spaceflight |
Mission highlights
Soyuz TM-22 was a Russian transport spacecraft that transported cosmonauts to the Mir space station for a 135-day stay. It was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and docked on September 5, 1995 with Mir's Kvant-2 module at the port that was vacated by Progress M-28 a day before.
References
- ↑ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tm22.htm
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Coordinates: 51°38′N 67°45′E / 51.633°N 67.750°E
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