Soyuz TM-15

Operator

Rosaviakosmos

Mission duration

188 days, 21 hours, 41 minutes, 15 seconds

Orbits completed

~3,070

Spacecraft properties

Spacecraft type

Soyuz-TM

Manufacturer

NPO Energia

Launch mass

7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)

Crew

Crew size

3 up
2 down

Members

Anatoly Solovyev
Sergei Avdeyev

Launching

Michel Tognini

Callsign

Rodnik (Spring)

Start of mission

Launch date

July 27, 1992, 06:08:42 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz-U2

End of mission

Landing date

February 1, 1993, 03:49:57 UTC

Landing site

near Dzhezkazgan

Orbital parameters

Reference system

Geocentric

Regime

Low Earth

Perigee

196 kilometres (122 mi)

Apogee

216 kilometres (134 mi)

Inclination

51.6 degrees

Docking with Mir

Soyuz programme (Manned missions)
← Soyuz TM-14	Soyuz TM-16 →

Soyuz TM-15 was the 15th expedition to the Mir space station.^[1] It included astronaut Michel Tognini from France.

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Anatoly Solovyev Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Sergei Avdeyev First spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut	Michel Tognini First spaceflight	None

Mission highlights

Michel Tognini, passenger aboard Soyuz- TM 15, was the third Frenchman to visit a space station. He conducted ten experiments using 300 kg of equipment delivered by Progress-M flights. Tognini spent 2 weeks in space as part of ongoing space cooperation between Russia and France.

References

↑ The full mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM-15.htm

Soyuz programme

Main topics

Uncrewed
missions

Soyuz 7K-OK	Kosmos 133 Kosmos 140 Kosmos 186 Kosmos 188 Kosmos 212 Kosmos 213 Kosmos 238 Soyuz 2

Soyuz 7K-L1/L1S (Zond lunar programme)	Kosmos 146 Kosmos 154 Zond 1967A Zond 1967B Zond 4 Zond 1968A Zond 1968B Zond 5 Zond 6 Zond 1969A Zond-M 1 Zond-M 2 Zond 7 Zond 8 Zond 9 Zond 10

Soyuz 7K-T	Kosmos 496 Kosmos 573 Kosmos 613 Kosmos 656 Soyuz 32 (uncrewed landing) Soyuz 34 (uncrewed launch)

Soyuz 7K-TM	Kosmos 638 Kosmos 672

Soyuz 7K-S	Kosmos 670 Kosmos 772 Kosmos 869

Soyuz 7K-T/A9	Soyuz 20

Soyuz-T ("Soyuz 7K-ST")	Kosmos 1001 Kosmos 1074 Soyuz T-1

Soyuz-TM ("Soyuz 7K-STM")	Soyuz TM-1

Crewed
missions

Past

Soyuz 7K-OK (1967–1970)	1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)	10 11

Soyuz 7K-T (1973–1981)	12 13 14 15 17 18a 18 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (crewed launch) 33 34 (crewed landing) 35 36 37 38 39 40

Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)	16 19 22

Soyuz-T (1976–1986)	T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8 T-9 T-10-1 T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15

Soyuz-TM (1986–2003)	TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34

Soyuz-TMA (2003–2012)	TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22

Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2015)	TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M TMA-16M TMA-17M

Current

Soyuz-TMA-M (2015)	TMA-18M TMA-19M

Planned

Soyuz-TMA-M (2015–2016)	TMA-20M

Soyuz-MS (2016– )	MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 MS-04 MS-05

Human spaceflights to Mir

Soyuz T-15 Soyuz TM-2 Soyuz TM-3 Soyuz TM-4 Soyuz TM-5 Soyuz TM-6 Soyuz TM-7 Soyuz TM-8 Soyuz TM-9 Soyuz TM-10 Soyuz TM-11 Soyuz TM-12 Soyuz TM-13 Soyuz TM-14 Soyuz TM-15 Soyuz TM-16 Soyuz TM-17 Soyuz TM-18 Soyuz TM-19 Soyuz TM-20 STS-63 Soyuz TM-21 STS-71 Soyuz TM-22 STS-74 Soyuz TM-23 STS-76 Soyuz TM-24 STS-79 STS-81 Soyuz TM-25 STS-84 Soyuz TM-26 STS-86 STS-89 Soyuz TM-27 STS-91 Soyuz TM-28 Soyuz TM-29 Soyuz TM-30

← 1991 · Orbital launches in 1992 · 1993 →

Kosmos 2175 \| STS-42 \| Kosmos 2176 \| Progress M-11 \| Kosmos 2177 · Kosmos 2178 · Kosmos 2179 \| Unnamed \| USA-78 \| Fuyo 1 \| Kosmos 2180 \| USA-79 \| Superbird B1 · Arabsat 1C \| Molniya 1-83 \| Kosmos 2181 \| Galaxy 5 \| Soyuz TM-14 \| STS-45 \| Kosmos 2182 \| Gorizont No.36L \| Kosmos 2183 \| USA-80 \| Kosmos 2184 \| Telecom 2B · Inmarsat-2 F4 \| Progress M-12 \| USA-81 \| Resurs-F2 No.8 \| Kosmos 2185 \| STS-49 \| Palapa B4 \| SROSS-C \| Kosmos 2186 \| Kosmos 2187 · Kosmos 2188 · Kosmos 2189 · Kosmos 2190 · Kosmos 2191 · Kosmos 2192 · Kosmos 2193 · Kosmos 2194 \| EUVE \| Intelsat K \| Resurs-F1 No.55 \| STS-50 \| Progress M-13 \| Kosmos 2195 \| USA-82 \| SAMPEX \| USA-83 \| Kosmos 2196 \| INSAT-2A · Eutelsat-2 F4 \| Kosmos 2197 · Kosmos 2198 · Kosmos 2199 · Kosmos 2200 · Kosmos 2201 · Kosmos 2202 \| Gorizont No.37L \| Geotail · DUVE \| Kosmos 2203 \| Soyuz TM-15 \| Kosmos 2204 · Kosmos 2205 · Kosmos 2206 \| Kosmos 2207 \| STS-46 (EURECA · TSS-1) \| Molniya 1-84 \| FSW-13 \| TOPEX/Poseidon · Uribyol 1 · S80/T \| Kosmos 2208 \| Optus B1 \| Progress M-14 \| Resurs-F1 No.54 · Pion-Germes 1 · Pion-Germes 2 \| Galaxy 1R \| Satcom C4 \| USA-84 \| Kosmos 2209 \| Hispasat 1A · Satcom C3 \| STS-47 \| Kosmos 2210 \| Mars Observer \| FSW-14 · Freja \| Foton No.8L \| DFS-Kopernikus 3 \| Molniya-3 No.50 \| Kosmos 2211 · Kosmos 2212 · Kosmos 2213 · Kosmos 2214 · Kosmos 2215 · Kosmos 2216 \| Kosmos 2217 \| STS-52 (LAGEOS-2 · CTA) \| Progress M-15 (Znamya-2) \| Galaxy 7 \| Kosmos 2218 \| Ekran-M No.15L \| Resurs 500 \| Kosmos 2219 \| Kosmos 2220 \| MSTI-1 \| USA-85 \| Kosmos 2221 \| Kosmos 2222 \| Gorizont No.38L \| USA-86 \| Superbird A1 \| Molniya-3 No.56 \| STS-53 (USA-89 · ODERACS) \| Kosmos 2223 \| Kosmos 2224 \| USA-87 \| Optus B2 \| Kosmos 2226 \| Kosmos 2225 \| Kosmos 2227 \| Kosmos 2228 \| Kosmos 2229

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( \| ). Manned flights are indicated in bold text. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in brackets.

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