Soyuz TM-12
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Soyuz TM-12 was the 12th expedition to Mir, and included the first Briton in space,[1] Helen Sharman.
Quick Facts COSPAR ID, SATCAT no. ...
COSPAR ID | 1991-034A |
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SATCAT no. | 21311 |
Mission duration | 144 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes, 50 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~2,260 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM No. 62 |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 7,160 kilograms (15,790 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Anatoly Artsebarsky |
Launching | Sergei Krikalev Helen Sharman |
Landing | Toktar Aubakirov Franz Viehböck |
Callsign | Озо́н (Ozone) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 18 May 1991, 12:50:28 (1991-05-18UTC12:50:28Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 10 October 1991, 04:12:18 (1991-10-10UTC04:12:19Z) UTC |
Landing site | 61 kilometres (38 mi) SW of Arkalyk |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 389 kilometres (242 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 397 kilometres (247 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 92.4 minutes |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking date | 20 May 1991, 14:30:43 UTC |
Undocking date | 9 October 1991, 20:55:08 UTC |
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
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