Soyuz TM-28
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| Mission name | Soyuz TM-28 | ||||
| Spacecraft mass | ? | ||||
| Crew size | 3 Launched / 2 Landed | ||||
| Call sign | Альтаи́р (Altair) | ||||
| Launch date | August 13, 1998 09:43:11 UT Gagarin's Start |
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| Landing | February 28, 1999 02:14:30 UT 50°42′N 67°12′E / 50.7°N 67.2°E 100 km south of Kijma |
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| Mission duration | 198 days, 16 h, 31 min, 19 s | ||||
| Number of orbits | 3144 | ||||
| Apogee | 273.7 km | ||||
| Perigee | 190 km | ||||
| Orbital period | 88.5 minutes | ||||
| Orbital inclination | 51.64° | ||||
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TM-28 was a Soyuz mission to the Mir space station.
[edit] Crew
Launched:
- 1 Gennady Padalka (1) - Commander -
Russia - 2 Sergei Avdeyev (3) - Flight Engineer - Russia
- 3 Yuri Baturin (1) - Research Cosmonaut - Russia
Landed:
- 1 Gennady Padalka (1) - Commander - Russia
- 2 Ivan Bella (1) - Flight Engineer -
Slovakia
[edit] 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).
[edit] 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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