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
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]

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Crew

Position Crew member
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos
Expedition 58
Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Saint-Jacques, CSA
Expedition 58
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Flag of the United States.svg Anne McClain, NASA
Expedition 58
First spaceflight

Backup crew

Position Crew member
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Skvortsov, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Parmitano, ESA
Flight Engineer 2 Flag of the United States.svg 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.