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Spacecraft "Soyuz-TM2"
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Spacecraft "Soyuz-TM2"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT SPACECRAFT |
| Registration number | 1987-013A / 17482 |
| Time and date of launch (UT) | 21h.38m.16s. February 05, 1987 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, LC 1 |
| Launch vehicle | Soyuz-U2 |
| Spacecraft mass (kg) | 7100 |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 51.6 |
| - period (minutes) | 91.6 |
| - perigee (km) | 341 |
| - apogee (km) | 365 |
| Time and date of landing (UT) | 01h.04m.12s. July 30, 1987 |
| Place of landing | 80 km of Arkalyk |
| Duration | 174d.03h.25m.56s. |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 2740 |
| Summary | 2nd expedition to the orbital station "Mir" . Problems with docking of module "Kvant" (duration more than 3 days). EVA for moving off of foreign item from docking assembly. Unloading of docked "Progress-27" . Docking with and unloading of cargo spacecrafts "Progress-28" , "Progress-29" , "Progress-30" . Duration for Yuri Romanenko more than 326 days. |
| LAUNCHED CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr PE-2/MIR |
Romanenko, Yuri Viktorovich | Titov, Vladimir Georgiyevich | Volkov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich |
| 2 | FE PE-2/MIR |
Laveykin, Aleksandr Ivanovich | Serebrov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich | Yemelyanov, Sergey Aleksandrovich |
| Call sign | Taimyr | |||
| LANDED CREW |
| Order number |
Status | Crew |
| 1 | Cdr VE-1/MIR |
Viktorenko, Aleksandr Stepanovich |
| 2 | FE PE-2/MIR |
Laveykin, Aleksandr Ivanovich |
| 3 | AI VE-1/MIR |
Faris, Muhammed Ahmed |
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UT) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Feb 05, 1987 | 21:38:16 | 1 | Mir:5540 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-TM2" (crew: Romanenko, Laveykin ). |
| Feb 07, 1987 | 23:27:40 | 34 | Mir:5573 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM2" (crew: Romanenko, Laveykin ) to fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Progress-27" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after docking: Romanenko, Laveykin. | |||
| Feb 23, 1987 | 11:29:01 | 604 | Mir:5817 | Undocking of "Progress-27" from aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM2" . |
| Feb 25, 1987 | 15:16:45 | 639 | Mir:5851 | Deorbit burn of "Progress-27" . |
| Feb 25, 1987 | 16:05 | 639 | Mir:5851 | End of existence of "Progress-27" . |
| Mar 03, 1987 | 11:14:05 | 1 | Mir:5942 | Lift-off cargo "Progress-28" . |
| Mar 05, 1987 | 12:42:36 | 34 | Mir:5975 | Docking of "Progress-28" to aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM2" . |
| Mar 26, 1987 | 05:06:48 | 359 | Mir:6300 | Undocking of "Progress-28" from aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM2" . |
| Mar 28, 1987 | 03:01:01 | 389 | Mir:6330 | Deorbit burn of "Progress-28" . |
| Mar 28, 1987 | 03:49 | 389 | Mir:6330 | End of existence of "Progress-28" . |
| Mar 31, 1987 | 00:06:16 | 1 | Mir:6375 | Lift-off module "Kvant" of orbital station "Mir" . |
| Apr 09, 1987 | 00:35:58 | 144 | Mir:6517 | Docking of module "Kvant" to aft (aggregative) unit of station "Mir" . |
| Apr 11, 1987 | 19:41 |
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Mir:6561 | Beginning of the 1st [of 3] PE-2 EVA ( Romanenko, Laveykin ); station "Mir" . |
| Apr 11, 1987 | 23:21 |
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Mir:6563 | Ending of EVA ( Romanenko, Laveykin ), duration 3:40; station "Mir" . |
| Apr 12, 1987 | 20:18:24 | 204 | Mir:6577 | Separation of service module of "Kvant" . |
| Apr 21, 1987 | 15:14:17 | 1 | Mir:6715 | Lift-off cargo "Progress-29" . |
| Apr 23, 1987 | 17:04:51 | 34 | Mir:6748 | Docking of "Progress-29" to module "Kvant" of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM2" . |
| May 11, 1987 | 03:10:01 | 308 | Mir:7022 | Undocking of "Progress-29" from module "Kvant" of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM2" . |
| May 11, 1987 | 07:51:16 | 311 | Mir:7025 | Deorbit burn of "Progress-29" . |
| May 11, 1987 | 08:28 | 311 | Mir:7025 | End of existence of "Progress-29" . |
| May 19, 1987 | 04:02:10 | 1 | Mir:7148 | Lift-off cargo "Progress-30" . |
| May 21, 1987 | 05:52:38 | 34 | Mir:7181 | Docking of "Progress-30" to module "Kvant" of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM2" . |
| Jun 12, 1987 | 16:55 |
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Mir:7534 | Beginning of the 2nd [of 3] PE-2 EVA ( Romanenko, Laveykin ); station "Mir" . |
| Jun 12, 1987 | 18:48 |
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Mir:7535 | Ending of EVA ( Romanenko, Laveykin ), duration 1:53; station "Mir" . |
| Jun 16, 1987 | 15:30 |
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Mir:7596 | Beginning of the 3rd [of 3] PE-2 EVA ( Romanenko, Laveykin ); station "Mir" . |
| Jun 16, 1987 | 18:45 |
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Mir:7598 | Ending of EVA ( Romanenko, Laveykin ), duration 3:15; station "Mir" . |
| Jul 19, 1987 | 00:19:51 | 959 | Mir:8106 | Undocking of "Progress-30" from module "Kvant" of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM2" . |
| Jul 19, 1987 | 05:00:00 | 962 | Mir:8109 | Deorbit burn of "Progress-30" . |
| Jul 19, 1987 | 05:42 | 962 | Mir:8109 | End of existence of "Progress-30" . |
| Jul 22, 1987 | 01:59:17 | 1 | Mir:8154 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-TM3" (crew: Viktorenko, Aleksandrov, Faris ). |
| Jul 24, 1987 | 03:31:23 | 33 | Mir:8187 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM3" (crew: Viktorenko, Aleksandrov, Faris ) to module "Kvant" of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM2" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after docking: Romanenko, Laveykin, Viktorenko, Aleksandrov, Faris. | |||
| Jul 29, 1987 | 20:44:00 | 2738 | Mir:8277 | Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM2" (crew: Laveykin, Viktorenko, Faris ) from fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM3" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after undocking: Romanenko, Aleksandrov. | |||
| Jul 30, 1987 | 00:13:51 | 2740 | Mir:8279 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM2" (crew: Laveykin, Viktorenko, Faris ). |
| Jul 30, 1987 | 01:04:12 | 2741 | Mir:8280 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM2" (crew: Laveykin, Viktorenko, Faris ). |
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