Soyuz TM-28
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Operator | Rosaviakosmos | ||||
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Mission duration | 198 days, 16 hours, 31 minutes, 19 seconds | ||||
Orbits completed | 3,144 | ||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM | ||||
Manufacturer | RKK Energia | ||||
Crew | |||||
Crew size |
3 up 2 down | ||||
Members | Gennady Padalka | ||||
Launching |
Sergei Avdeyev Yuri Baturin | ||||
Landing | Ivan Bella | ||||
Callsign | Альтаи́р (Altair) | ||||
Start of mission | |||||
Launch date | August 13, 1998, 09:43:11 UTC | ||||
Rocket | Soyuz-U | ||||
End of mission | |||||
Landing date | February 28, 1999, 02:14:30 UTC | ||||
Landing site |
50°42′N 67°12′E / 50.700°N 67.200°E 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Kijma | ||||
Orbital parameters | |||||
Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
Regime | Low Earth | ||||
Perigee | 190 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||
Apogee | 273.7 kilometres (170.1 mi) | ||||
Inclination | 51.64 degrees | ||||
Period | 88.5 minutes | ||||
Docking with Mir | |||||
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TM-28 was a Soyuz mission to the Mir space station.
Crew
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Gennady Padalka First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Sergei Avdeyev Third spaceflight |
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Research Cosmonaut | Yuri Baturin First spaceflight |
Ivan Bella First spaceflight |
Mission Accomplishments
- Docked with Mir
- Baturin is first Russian politician in space
- Padalka and Avdeyev performed an EVA on 15.09.1998 (30 m) into the module Spektr (new cables connected for solar structures).
Notes
- Padalka and Avdeyev became 26th resident crew of Mir.
- Baturin landed on August 25, 1998 (5:22 UT) with Soyuz TM-27.
- Avdeyev landed on August 28, 1999 (0:41 UT) with Soyuz TM-29.
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