Soyuz TM-28
Soyuz TM-28
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| Mission Statistics | |
| Mission Name: | International Flight-No. 205 |
| Call Sign: | Альтаи́р (Altair) |
| Spacecraft Name: | Soyuz TM-28 |
| Number of Crew Members: | 3 |
| Launch: | August 13, 1998 09:43:11 UT Baikonur, Pad 1 |
| Landing: | February 28, 1999 02:14:30 UT 50°42′ N 67°12′ E 100 km south of Kijma |
| Duration: | 198 days, 16 h, 31 min, 19 s |
| Number of Orbits: | 3144 |
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Crew
Launched:
- 1 Gennady Padalka (1) - Commander
- 2 Sergei Avdeyev (3) - Flight Engineer
- 3 Yuri Baturin (1) - Research Cosmonaut
Landed:
- 1 Gennady Padalka (1) - Commander
- 2 Ivan Bella (1) - Flight Engineer- Slovakia
Mission Parameters
- Mass: ? kg
- Perigee: 190 km
- Apogee: 237.7 km
- Inclination: 51.64°
- Period: 88.5 min
Mission Accomplishments
- Docked with Mir
- Baturin is first Russian politician in space
- Padalka and Avdeyev performed an EVA on 15.09.1998 (30 m) into the module Spektr (new cabels 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.
| Previous Mission: Soyuz TM-27 |
Soyuz programme | Next Mission: Soyuz TM-29 |