Soyuz MS-01
Soyuz MS-01 was a 2016 Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station.[4] Originally scheduled for launch in June 2016, the mission successfully lifted off from Kazakhstan on 7 July 2016.[5] It transported three members of the Expedition 48 crew to the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-01 is the 130th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, and the first with the new version Soyuz MS. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, a Japanese flight engineer, and an American flight engineer.
Soyuz MS-01 docked to the ISS. | |
Mission type | ISS crew transport |
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Operator | Roscosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2016-044A |
SATCAT no. | 41639 |
Mission duration | 115 days 2 hours 22 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz MS |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-MS 11F732A48 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Launch mass | 7080 kg |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Anatoli Ivanishin Takuya Onishi Kathleen Rubins |
Callsign | Irkut |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 7 July 2016, 01:36 UTC [1] |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31 ? |
Contractor | Progress Rocket Space Centre |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 30 October 2016, 03:58 UTC [2] |
Landing site | Steppe of Kazahkstan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Rassvet nadir |
Docking date | 9 July 2016, 04:12 UTC [3] |
Undocking date | 30 October 2016 00:35 UTC |
Time docked | 113 days |
Soyuz MS-01 mission pacth (l-r) Ivanishin, Rubins and Onishi Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
On 6 June 2016, the launch was rescheduled to July 2016 due to flaws in the control system that could affect the docking to the ISS.[6] The spacecraft was successfully docked on 9 July 2016 [3] and returned to Earth on 30 October 2016.[2]
Crew
Position[7] | Crew Member | |
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Commander | Anatoli Ivanishin, Roscosmos Expedition 48 Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Takuya Onishi, JAXA Expedition 48 First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | Kathleen Rubins, NASA Expedition 48 First spaceflight |
Backup crew
Position[8] | Crew Member | |
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Commander | Oleg Novitskiy, Roscosmos | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Thomas Pesquet, ESA | |
Flight Engineer 2 | Peggy Whitson, NASA |
References
- "Crew Launches for Two-Day Ride to Station". NASA. Retrieved 8 July 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Soyuz MS crew return". Roscosmos. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- Garcia, Mark (9 July 2016). "Expedition 48-49 Crew Docks to New Home in Space". blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Russian Launch Manifest". Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- "First flight of upgraded Russian Soyuz MS spacecraft lifts off for space station". collectSPACE.
- "Launch of new series manned spacecraft rescheduled due to risk of docking disruption". TASS. 6 June 2016.
- Планируемые полёты. astronaut.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- "Планируемые полёты". astronaut.ru (in Russian). 2015.
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