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Soyuz TMA-15
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	ISS crew rotation
Operator	Roscosmos
COSPAR ID	2009-030A
SATCAT no.	35010
Mission duration	6 months and 4 days


Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TMA 11F732
Manufacturer	Energia


Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Roman Romanenko Frank De Winne Robert Brent Thirsk
Callsign	Таймыр (Taymyr)^[1] or Парус (Parus, meaning Sail)^[1]


Start of mission
Launch date	27 May 2009, 10:34:53 (2009-05-27UTC10:34:53Z) UTC^[2]^[3]
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5


End of mission
Landing date	1 December 2009, 07:17 (2009-12-01UTC07:18Z) UTC^[4]


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	151 kilometres (94 mi)
Apogee altitude	414 kilometres (257 mi)
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Period	90.16 minutes
Epoch	28 May 2009^[5]


Docking with ISS
Docking port	Zarya nadir
Docking date	29 May 2009 12:34 UTC
Undocking date	1 December 2009 03:56 UTC^[6]
Time docked	185d 15h 22m

From left to right; Thirsk, Romanenko and De Winne Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TMA-14 Soyuz TMA-16 →

Soyuz TMA-15 was a crewed spaceflight to the International Space Station. Part of the Soyuz programme, it transported three members of the Expedition 20 crew to the space station. TMA-15 was the 102nd crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, since Soyuz 1 in 1967. The Soyuz spacecraft remained docked to the space station during Expedition 20 and Expedition 21 as an emergency escape vehicle. The mission marked the start of six-person crew operations on the ISS.

Crew

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Position^[7]^[8]	Crew Member
Commander	Roman Romanenko Expedition 20 First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1	Frank De Winne, ESA Expedition 20 Second and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2	Robert Thirsk, CSA Expedition 20 Second and last spaceflight

Backup crew

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Position	Cosmonaut
Commander	Dmitrij Kondratiyev
Flight Engineer 1	André Kuipers, ESA
Flight Engineer 2	Chris Hadfield, CSA

Mission highlights

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Soyuz TMA-15 was launched successfully by a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, at 10:34 UTC on 27 May 2009. It docked with the ISS at 12:34 UTC on 29 May 2009.

Roman Romanenko was the third second-generation space traveller. He was reported to have chosen Taymyr (Russian: Таймыр) as the mission callsign because it was the callsign on his father's first flight, Soyuz 26;^[1] however, the callsign Parus (Russian: Парус meaning Sail) was used for communications with the spacecraft.^[1] Robert Thirsk became the first Canadian to fly on a Soyuz; all previous Canadians in space had flown aboard Space Shuttles. Frank De Winne became the first European to be in command of the ISS.

The craft and crew returned to earth 1 December 2009.

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d NASA TV coverage of the launch of Soyuz TMA-15, 2009-05-27
^ CSA (2008). "Canadian astronauts Julie Payette and Robert Thirsk to go on space missions in 2009". CSA. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2008.
^ NASA. "Consolidated Launch Manifest". NASA. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
^ NASA (24 November 2009). "NASA TV to Broadcast Space Station Crew Soyuz Landing Events". NASA. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ Zak, Anatoly. "Mission of Soyuz TMA-15". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ NASA (11 February 2008). "NASA Assigns Crews for STS-127 and Expedition 19 Missions". NASA. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
^ ESA (2008). "Frank De Winne prepares for new mission". ESA. Retrieved 3 November 2008.

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Soyuz 7K-OK (1966–1970)	Kosmos 133† Soyuz 7K-OK No.1† (uncrewed) Kosmos 140 Soyuz 1† Kosmos 186 188 212 213 238 Soyuz 2 (uncrewed) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Soyuz 7K-L1 (1967–1970) (Zond lunar programme)	Kosmos 146 154† Zond 1967A† 1967B† Zond 4 1968A† 1968B† 5 6 1969A† Zond-M 1† M 2† Zond 7 8 9 10
Soyuz 7K-L1E (1969–1970)	Soyuz 7K-L1E No.1† Kosmos 382
Soyuz 7K-LOK (1971–1972)	Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1† No.2†
Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)	Soyuz 10† 11†
Soyuz 7K-T (1972–1981)	Kosmos 496 573 Soyuz 12 Kosmos 613 Soyuz 13 Kosmos 656 Soyuz 14 15† 17 18a† 18 20 (uncrewed) 21 23† 24 25† 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (uncrewed landing) 33† 34 (uncrewed launch) 35 36 37 38 39 40
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Soyuz-TMA (2002–2012)	Soyuz 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
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Soyuz MS (2016–present)	Soyuz MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 MS-04 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 MS-08 MS-09 MS-10† MS-11 MS-12 MS-13 MS-14 (uncrewed) MS-15 MS-16 MS-17 MS-18 MS-19 MS-20 MS-21 MS-22 (uncrewed landing) MS-23 (uncrewed launch) MS-24 MS-25

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1998–2004	1998 STS-88 1999 STS-96 2000 STS-101 106 92 Soyuz TM-31 STS-97 2001 STS-98 102 100 Soyuz TM-32 STS-104 105 Soyuz TM-33 STS-108 2002 STS-110 Soyuz TM-34 STS-111 112 Soyuz TMA-1 STS-113 2003 Soyuz TMA-2 TMA-3 2004 Soyuz TMA-4 TMA-5	International Space Station Emblem
2005–2009	2005 Soyuz TMA-6 STS-114 Soyuz TMA-7 2006 Soyuz TMA-8 STS-121 115 Soyuz TMA-9 STS-116 2007 Soyuz TMA-10 STS-117 118 Soyuz TMA-11 STS-120 2008 STS-122 123 Soyuz TMA-12 STS-124 Soyuz TMA-13 STS-126 2009 STS-119 Soyuz TMA-14 TMA-15 STS-127 128 Soyuz TMA-16 STS-129 Soyuz TMA-17
2010–2014	2010 STS-130 Soyuz TMA-18 STS-131 132 Soyuz TMA-19 TMA-01M TMA-20 2011 STS-133 Soyuz TMA-21 STS-134 Soyuz TMA-02M STS-135 Soyuz TMA-22 TMA-03M 2012 Soyuz TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M 2013 Soyuz TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M 2014 Soyuz TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M
2015–2019	2015 Soyuz TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M 2016 Soyuz TMA-20M MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 2017 Soyuz MS-04 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 2018 Soyuz MS-08 MS-09 MS-10† MS-11 2019 Soyuz MS-12 MS-13 MS-15
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February	Omid NOAA-19 Progress M-66 Ekspress-AM44, Ekspress-MD1 Hot Bird 10, NSS-9, Spirale-A, Spirale-B OCO Telstar 11N Raduga-1
March	Kepler STS-119 (ITS S6) GOCE USA-203 Soyuz TMA-14
April	Eutelsat W2A USA-204 Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 Compass-G2 RISAT-2, ANUSAT SICRAL 1B Yaogan 6 Kosmos 2450
May	USA-205 Progress M-02M STS-125 Herschel, Planck ProtoStar 2 TacSat-3, PharmaSat, AeroCube-3, HawkSat-1, CP6 Meridian 2 Soyuz TMA-15
June	LRO, LCROSS MEASAT-3a GOES 14 Sirius FM-5
July	TerreStar-1 Kosmos 2451, Kosmos 2452, Kosmos 2453 RazakSAT STS-127 (JEM-EF, AggieSat 2, BEVO-1, Castor, Pollux) Kosmos 2454, Sterkh No.11L Progress M-67 DubaiSat-1, Deimos-1, UK-DMC 2, Nanosat-1B, AprizeSat-3, AprizeSat-4
August	AsiaSat 5 USA-206 JCSAT-RA, Optus D3 STSat-2A STS-128 (Leonardo MPLM) Palapa-D
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October	Amazonas-2, COMSATBw-1 WorldView-2 Progress M-03M USA-210 Thor 6, NSS-12
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