Soyuz TM-15

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Soyuz TM-15
Operator Rosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID 1992-046A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 22054 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Mission duration188 days, 21 hours, 41 minutes, 15 seconds
Orbits completed~3,070
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz 7K-STM No. 65
Spacecraft type Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer NPO Energia
Launch mass7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size3 up
2 down
Members Anatoly Solovyev
Sergei Avdeyev
Launching Michel Tognini
CallsignRodnik (Spring)
Start of mission
Launch dateJuly 27, 1992, 06:08:42 (1992-07-27UTC06:08:42Z) UTC
Rocket Soyuz-U2
End of mission
Landing dateFebruary 1, 1993, 03:49:57 (1993-02-01UTC03:49:58Z) UTC
Landing sitenear Dzhezkazgan
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee altitude 196 kilometres (122 mi)
Apogee altitude 216 kilometres (134 mi)
Inclination 51.6 degrees
Docking with Mir
Docking dateJuly 29, 1992, 07:49:05 UTC
Undocking dateFebruary 1, 1993, 00:19:47 UTC
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Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TM-15 was the 15th expedition to the Mir space station. [1] It included spationaut Michel Tognini from France. The Soyuz TM-15 flight set what was then a new Soyuz spacecraft on orbit endurance record. [2]

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Crew

Position Launching crewLanding crew
Commander Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg   Anatoly Solovyev
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg   Sergei Avdeyev
First spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut Flag of France.svg   Michel Tognini
First spaceflight
None

Mission highlights

Michel Tognini, passenger aboard Soyuz- TM 15, was the third Frenchman to visit a space station. He conducted ten experiments using 300 kg of equipment delivered by Progress-M flights. Tognini spent 2 weeks in space as part of ongoing space cooperation between Russia and France.

References

  1. The full mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM15.htm
  2. "Soyuz TM-15". Astronautix.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2016. Retrieved 2017-11-22.