Soyuz TM-22

Soyuz TM-22 was the 23rd crewed spacecraft mission to visit the Soviet Space Station Mir.[1]

Soyuz TM-22
OperatorRosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID1995-047A
SATCAT no.23665
Mission duration179 days, 1 hour, 41 minutes, 45 seconds
Orbits completed~2,800
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TM
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Launch mass7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size3
MembersYuri Gidzenko
Sergei Avdeyev
Thomas Reiter
CallsignУра́н (Uran)
Start of mission
Launch dateSeptember 3, 1995, 09:00:23 (1995-09-03UTC09:00:23Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U2
End of mission
Landing dateFebruary 29, 1996, 10:42:08 (1996-02-29UTC10:42:09Z) UTC
Landing site51.38°N 67.45°E / 51.38; 67.45
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude339 kilometres (211 mi)
Apogee altitude340 kilometres (210 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Docking with Mir
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
 

Crew

Position Crew
Commander  Yuri Gidzenko
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer  Sergei Avdeyev
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer  Thomas Reiter
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

  1. The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tm22.htm

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