Soyuz TMA-9

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  1. "Soyuz TMA-9 Launch". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2006-09-23.
  2. "ESA experiments with spaceflight participant Ansari to ISS" . Retrieved 2006-09-22.
  3. "Soyuz TMA-9 - NSSDC ID: 2006-040A". National Space Science Data Center.
Soyuz TMA-9
Sojuz TMA-9 into flight.jpg
Operator Roskosmos
COSPAR ID 2006-040A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 29400 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Mission duration215 days, 8 hours, 22 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Soyuz-TMA 11F732
Manufacturer RKK Energia
Launch mass7,270 kilograms (16,030 lb)
Crew
Crew size3
Members Mikhail Tyurin
Michael López-Alegría
Launching Anousheh Ansari
Landing Charles Simonyi
CallsignVostok
Start of mission
Launch date18 September 2006, 04:08 (2006-09-18UTC04:08Z) UTC
Rocket Soyuz-FG
Launch site Baikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date21 April 2007, 12:31 (2007-04-21UTC12:32Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Perigee altitude 200 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude 242 kilometres (150 mi)
Inclination 51.67 degrees
Period 88.64 minutes [1]
Docking with ISS
Docking port Zvezda aft
Docking date20 September 2006
05:21 UTC
Undocking date10 October 2006
19:14 UTC
Time docked20d 13h 53m