Soyuz MS-11

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Soyuz MS-11
Expedition 58 Launch (NHQ201812030005).jpg
The launch of Soyuz MS-11
Operator Roscosmos
COSPAR ID 2018-098A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 43756 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Mission duration203d 15h 15m 58s [1]
Distance travelled86,430,555 statue miles [2]
Orbits completed3264 [1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Soyuz-MS 11F747 No. 741
Manufacturer Energia
Crew
Crew size3
Members Oleg Kononenko
Anne McClain
David Saint-Jacques
Callsign Antares
Start of mission
Launch date3 December 2018, 11:31 UTC [3]
Rocket Soyuz-FG
Launch site Baikonur, Site 1/5
Contractor RKTs Progress
End of mission
Landing date25 June 2019, 02:47:50 UTC [1]
Landing site148 km SE of Dzheskasgan [1]
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Inclination 51.6º [1]
Docking with ISS
Docking port Poisk zenith
Docking date3 December 2018, 17:33 UTC
Undocking date24 June 2019, 23:25:30 UTC [1]
Time docked203d 5h 52m
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Mission insignia
Soyuz MS-09 backup crew in front of the Soyuz spacecraft mockup.jpg
(l-r) McClain, Kononenko and Saint-Jacques

Soyuz MS-11 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 3 December 2018, marking the 100th orbital launch of the year. [3] Originally scheduled for 20 December, the launch date was advanced to 3 December following the failure of Soyuz MS-10. [4] MS-11 was the 140th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft and carried the three members of the Expedition 58 crew to the International Space Station. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, an American flight engineer, and a Canadian flight engineer. [3]

Crew

Prime crew
Position Crew
Commander Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos
Expedition 58
Fourth spaceflight
Flight engineer David Saint-Jacques, CSA
Expedition 58
First spaceflight
Flight engineer Anne McClain, NASA
Expedition 58
First spaceflight
Backup crew
Position Crew
Commander Aleksandr Skvortsov, Roscosmos
Flight engineer Luca Parmitano, ESA
Flight engineer Andrew R. Morgan, NASA

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Soyuz MS-11
  2. File:Statistics from the Exp 58 and 59 crew.png
  3. 1 2 3 Gebhardt, Chris. "100th orbital launch of 2018: International trio set for launch to Space Station – NASASpaceFlight.com". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. "Назначены даты отправки и возвращения с МКС космонавтов после аварии на Байконуре" [Dates assigned for next flights of cosmonauts to and from the ISS after the Baikonur incident] (in Russian). Interfax. October 21, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.