Soyuz TM-15
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Operator | Rosaviakosmos | ||||
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Mission duration | 188 days, 21 hours, 41 minutes, 15 seconds | ||||
Orbits completed | ~3,070 | ||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM | ||||
Manufacturer | NPO Energia | ||||
Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) | ||||
Crew | |||||
Crew size | 3 up 2 down |
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Members | Anatoly Solovyev Sergei Avdeyev |
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Launching | Michel Tognini | ||||
Callsign | Rodnik (Spring) | ||||
Start of mission | |||||
Launch date | July 27, 1992, 06:08:42 | UTC||||
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 | ||||
End of mission | |||||
Landing date | February 1, 1993, 03:49:57 | UTC||||
Landing site | near Dzhezkazgan | ||||
Orbital parameters | |||||
Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
Regime | Low Earth | ||||
Perigee | 196 kilometres (122 mi) | ||||
Apogee | 216 kilometres (134 mi) | ||||
Inclination | 51.6 degrees | ||||
Docking with Mir | |||||
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Soyuz TM-15 was the 15th expedition to the Mir space station.[1] It included astronaut Michel Tognini from France.
Crew
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Anatoly Solovyev Third spaceflight |
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Flight Engineer | Sergei Avdeyev First spaceflight |
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Research Cosmonaut | Michel Tognini First spaceflight |
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Mission highlights
Michel Tognini, passenger aboard Soyuz- TM 15, was the third Frenchman to visit a space station. He conducted ten experiments using 300 kg of equipment delivered by Progress-M flights. Tognini spent 2 weeks in space as part of ongoing space cooperation between Russia and France.
References
- ↑ The full mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM-15.htm