Soyuz TM-22
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Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 1995-047A |
SATCAT no. | 23665![]() |
Mission duration | 179 days, 1 hour, 41 minutes, 45 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~2,800 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Yuri Gidzenko Sergei Avdeyev Thomas Reiter |
Callsign | Ура́н (Uran) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | September 3, 1995, 09:00:23 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | February 29, 1996, 10:42:08 | UTC
Landing site | 51°23′N 67°27′E / 51.38°N 67.45°E |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 339 kilometres (211 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 340 kilometres (210 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Docking with Mir | |
![]() Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TM-22 was the 23rd crewed spacecraft mission to visit the Soviet Space Station Mir.[1]
Crew
Position | Crew | |
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Commander | ![]() First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | ![]() Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | ![]() First spaceflight |
Mission highlights
Soyuz TM-22 was a Russian transport spacecraft that transported cosmonauts to the Mir space station for a 179-day stay. It was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and docked on September 5, 1995 with Mir's Kvant-2 module at the port that was vacated by Progress M-28 a day before.
Soyuz TM-22 was the final mission launched on the Soyuz-U2 launch vehicle, fueled by synthetic Syntin rather than the RP-1 fuel used in other variants of the Soyuz launch vehicle.
References
- ^ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tm22.htm