Soyuz TM-15
1992 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir
Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 1992-046A |
SATCAT no. | 22054 |
Mission duration | 188 days, 21 hours, 41 minutes, 15 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~3,070 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM No. 65 |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 up 2 down |
Members | Anatoly Solovyev Sergei Avdeyev |
Launching | Michel Tognini |
Callsign | Rodnik (Spring) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | July 27, 1992, 06:08:42 (1992-07-27UTC06:08:42Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | February 1, 1993, 03:49:57 (1993-02-01UTC03:49:58Z) UTC |
Landing site | near 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 date | July 29, 1992, 07:49:05 UTC |
Undocking date | February 1, 1993, 00:19:47 UTC |
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TM-14 Soyuz TM-16 → |
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]
Crew
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Anatoly Solovyev Third spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Sergei Avdeyev First spaceflight | |
Research Cosmonaut | 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.
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