Soyuz TM-20
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Mission type | Mir crew transport |
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Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
COSPAR ID | 1994-063A |
SATCAT no. | 23288 |
Mission duration | 169 days, 5 hours, 21 minutes, 35 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~2,760 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM No.69[1] |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Launch mass | 7,170 kilograms (15,810 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Aleksandr Viktorenko Yelena Kondakova |
Launching | Ulf Merbold |
Landing | Valeri Polyakov |
Callsign | Ви́тязь (Vityaz' – Knight) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | October 3, 1994, 22:42:30[1] | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | March 22, 1995, 04:04:05 | UTC
Landing site | 50°31′N 67°21′E / 50.52°N 67.35°E |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 392 kilometres (244 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 394 kilometres (245 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 92.42 minutes |
Epoch | 3 November 1994[2] |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking port | Core forward |
Docking date | 6 October 1994, 00:28:15 UTC |
Undocking date | 22 March 1995, 00:43:08 UTC |
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TM-20 was the twentieth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir. It launched Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Viktorenko, Yelena Kondakova, and German cosmonaut Ulf Merbold.
Crew
[edit]Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Aleksandr Viktorenko Fourth and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Yelena Kondakova First spaceflight | |
Research Cosmonaut | Ulf Merbold Third and last spaceflight | Valeri Polyakov Second and last spaceflight |
Mission highlights
[edit]The flight carried 10 kg of equipment for use by Merbold in ESA's month-long Euromir 94 experiment program. During automatic approach to Mir's front port, the spacecraft yawed unexpectedly. Viktorenko completed a manual docking without additional incident.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 9 November 2013.