Soyuz TM-28

TM-28 was a Soyuz mission to the Mir space station.

Soyuz TM-28
OperatorRosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID1998-047A
SATCAT no.25429
Mission duration198 days, 16 hours, 31 minutes, 19 seconds
Orbits completed3,144
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TM
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Crew
Crew size3 up
2 down
MembersGennady I. Padalka
LaunchingSergei Avdeyev
Yuri Baturin
LandingIvan Bella
CallsignАльтаи́р (Altair)
Start of mission
Launch dateAugust 13, 1998, 09:43:11 (1998-08-13UTC09:43:11Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
End of mission
Landing dateFebruary 28, 1999, 02:14:30 (1999-02-28UTC02:14:31Z) UTC
Landing site50°42′N 67°12′E
100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Kijma
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude190 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude273.7 kilometres (170.1 mi)
Inclination51.64 degrees
Period88.5 minutes
Docking with Mir
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
 

Crew

Position Launching crew Landing crew
Commander  Gennady I. Padalka
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer  Sergei Avdeyev
Third and last spaceflight
None
Research Cosmonaut  Yuri Baturin
First spaceflight
 Ivan Bella
Only spaceflight

Mission Accomplishments

  • Docked with Mir.
  • Baturin became the 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).

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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