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Spacecraft "Soyuz-TM28"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT SPACECRAFT |
| Registration number | 1998-047A / 25429 |
| Time and date of launch (UT) | 09h.43m.11s. August 13, 1998 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, LC 1 |
| Launch vehicle | Soyuz-U |
| Spacecraft mass (kg) | |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 51.64 |
| - period (minutes) | 88.5 |
| - perigee (km) | 190 |
| - apogee (km) | 237.7 |
| Time and date of landing (UT) | 02h.14m.30s. February 28, 1999 |
| Place of landing | 58 km N of Arkalyk |
| Duration | 198d.16h.31m.19s. |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 3122 |
| Summary | 37th expedition to station "Mir" . Full change of main crew. Docking with and unloading of cargo spacecraft "Progress M-40" . |
| LAUNCHED CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr PE-26/MIR |
Padalka, Gennadi Ivanovich | Zalyotin, Sergei Viktorovich | |
| 2 | FE PE-26,27/MIR |
Avdeyev, Sergei Vasilyevich | Kaleri, Aleksandr Yuriyevich | |
| 3 | AI VE-25/MIR |
Baturin, Yuri Mikhailovich | Kotov, Oleg Valeriyevich | |
| Call sign | Altair | |||
| LANDED CREW |
| Order number |
Status | Crew |
| 1 | Cdr PE-26/MIR |
Padalka, Gennadi Ivanovich |
| 2 | AI VE-26/MIR |
Bella, Ivan |
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UT) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Aug 13, 1998 | 09:43:11 | 1 | Mir:71303 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-TM28" (crew: Padalka, Avdeyev, Baturin ). |
| Aug 15, 1998 | 10:56:54 | 34 | Mir:71335 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM28" (crew: Padalka, Avdeyev, Baturin ) to module "Kvant" of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM27" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after docking: Musabayev, Budarin, Padalka, Avdeyev, Baturin. | |||
| Aug 25, 1998 | 02:04:55 | 3247 | Mir:71486 | Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM27" (crew: Musabayev, Budarin, Baturin ) from fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM28" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after undocking: Padalka, Avdeyev. | |||
| Aug 25, 1998 | 04:31:18 | 3249 | Mir:71487 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM27" (crew: Musabayev, Budarin, Baturin ). |
| Aug 25, 1998 | 05:24:44 | 3250 | Mir:71488 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM27" (crew: Musabayev, Budarin, Baturin ). |
| Aug 27, 1998 | 05:47 | 219 | Mir:71520 | Undocking (redocking to another docking unit) of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM28" (crew: Padalka, Avdeyev ) from module "Kvant" of station "Mir" . |
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There is nobody at the station "Mir" . | |||
| Aug 27, 1998 | 06:07:11 | 219 | Mir:71520 | Docking (redocking to another docking unit) of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM28" (crew: Padalka, Avdeyev ) to fore (transitional) unit of station "Mir" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after docking: Padalka, Avdeyev. | |||
| Sep 01, 1998 | 05:34:40 | 1714 | Mir:71598 | Docking of "Progress M-39" to module "Kvant" of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM28" . |
| Sep 15, 1998 | 20:00 |
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Mir:71827 | Beginning of the 1st [of 2] PE-26 EVA ( Padalka, Avdeyev ); station "Mir" . |
| Sep 15, 1998 | 20:30 |
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Mir:71827 | Ending of EVA ( Padalka, Avdeyev ), duration 0:30; station "Mir" . |
| Oct 25, 1998 | 04:14:57 | 1 | Mir:72444 | Lift-off cargo "Progress M-40" . |
| Oct 25, 1998 | 23:03:24 | 2573 | Mir:72457 | Undocking of "Progress M-39" from module "Kvant" of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM28" . |
| Oct 27, 1998 | 05:43:41 | 34 | Mir:72477 | Docking of "Progress M-40" to module "Kvant" of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM28" . |
| Oct 29, 1998 | 03:27:00 | 2623 | Mir:72507 | Deorbit burn of "Progress M-39" . |
| Oct 29, 1998 | 04:14:52 | 2623 | Mir:72507 | End of existence of "Progress M-39" . |
| Oct 29, 1998 | 19:19:34 | 1 |
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Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-95" (crew: Brown, Lindsey, Robinson, Parazynski, Duque, Naito-Mukai, Glenn ). |
| Nov 07, 1998 | 15:53 | 134 |
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Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-95" (crew: Brown, Lindsey, Robinson, Parazynski, Duque, Naito-Mukai, Glenn ). |
| Nov 07, 1998 | 17:04:29 | 135 |
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Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-95" (crew: Brown, Lindsey, Robinson, Parazynski, Duque, Naito-Mukai, Glenn ). |
| Nov 10, 1998 | 19:23:50 |
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Mir:72706 | Beginning of the 2nd [of 2] PE-26 EVA ( Padalka, Avdeyev ); station "Mir" . |
| Nov 11, 1998 | 01:18 |
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Mir:72710 | Ending of EVA ( Padalka, Avdeyev ), duration 5:54; station "Mir" . |
| Nov 20, 1998 | 06:40:00 | 1 | ISS:1 | Lift-off module "Zarya" of orbital station "ISS" (launch ISS-1A/R). |
| Dec 04, 1998 | 08:35:34 | 1 | ISS:222 | Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-88" , flight ISS-2A (crew: Cabana, Sturckow, Ross, Currie, Newman, Krikalyov ). |
| Dec 04, 1998 | 08:35:34 | 1 | ISS:222 | Lift-off module "Unity" of orbital station "ISS" (delivered to the orbit by Shuttle Endeavour, flight ISS-2A). |
| Dec 04, 1998 | 08:35:34 | 1 | ISS:222 | Lift-off module "PMA-1" of orbital station "ISS" (delivered to the orbit by Shuttle Endeavour, flight ISS-2A). |
| Dec 04, 1998 | 08:35:34 | 1 | ISS:222 | Lift-off module "PMA-2" of orbital station "ISS" (delivered to the orbit by Shuttle Endeavour, flight ISS-2A). |
| Dec 05, 1998 | 23:45 | 27 | ISS:247 | Berthing of delivered ISS module "Unity" to docking unite of Endeavour. |
| Dec 06, 1998 | 23:47:15 | 43 | ISS:263 | Catching of module "Zarya" by Endeavour's manipulator. |
| Dec 07, 1998 | 02:07 | 44 | ISS:264 | Docking of "STS-88" mission spacecraft (crew: Cabana, Sturckow, Ross, Currie, Newman, Krikalyov ) (with already docked module "Unity" ) by side PMA-1 to module "Zarya" . |
| Dec 07, 1998 | 02:07 | 44 | ISS:264 | Docking of module "Unity" via adapter "PMA-1" to module "Zarya" of station "ISS" by Shuttle Endeavour. |
| Dec 07, 1998 | 02:07 | 44 | ISS:264 | Docking of module "PMA-1" to module "Zarya" of station "ISS" by Shuttle Endeavour. |
| Dec 07, 1998 | 02:07 | 44 | ISS:264 | Docking of cluster "PMA-2" plus "Unity" plus "PMA-1" by adapter PMA-1 to module "Zarya" of station "ISS" by Shuttle Endeavour. |
| Dec 07, 1998 | 22:10 | 57 | ISS:277 | Beginning of EVA ( Ross, Newman ); the 1st [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-88" . |
| Dec 08, 1998 | 05:31 | 62 | ISS:282 | Ending of EVA ( Ross, Newman ), duration 7:21; mission "STS-88" . |
| Dec 09, 1998 | 20:33 | 87 | ISS:307 | Beginning of EVA ( Ross, Newman ); the 2nd [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-88" . |
| Dec 10, 1998 | 03:35 | 92 | ISS:312 | Ending of EVA ( Ross, Newman ), duration 7:02; mission "STS-88" . |
| Dec 10, 1998 | 19:55 | 103 | ISS:323 | Opened hatches between Shuttle and ISS (crew of mission "STS-88" : Cabana, Sturckow, Ross, Currie, Newman, Krikalyov ). |
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Crew of modules "Zarya" and "Unity" of ISS after docking: Cabana, Sturckow, Ross, Currie, Newman, Krikalyov. | |||
| Dec 12, 1998 | 00:26 | 121 | ISS:341 | Closed hatches between Shuttle and ISS; duration 28.5h. (crew of mission "STS-88" : Cabana, Sturckow, Ross, Currie, Newman, Krikalyov ). |
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There is nobody at the ISS. | |||
| Dec 12, 1998 | 20:33 | 134 | ISS:354 | Beginning of EVA ( Ross, Newman ); the 3rd [of 3] EVA of the mission "STS-88" . |
| Dec 13, 1998 | 03:32 | 139 | ISS:359 | Ending of EVA ( Ross, Newman ), duration 6:59; mission "STS-88" . |
| Dec 13, 1998 | 20:24:30 | 150 | ISS:370 | Undocking of "STS-88" mission spacecraft (crew: Cabana, Sturckow, Ross, Currie, Newman, Krikalyov ) from PMA-2 of module "Unity" of ISS. |
| Dec 16, 1998 | 02:48 | 185 | ISS:405 | Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-88" (crew: Cabana, Sturckow, Ross, Currie, Newman, Krikalyov ). |
| Dec 16, 1998 | 03:54:21 | 186 | ISS:406 | Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-88" (crew: Cabana, Sturckow, Ross, Currie, Newman, Krikalyov ). |
| Feb 04, 1999 | 09:59:32 | 1609 | Mir:74052 | Undocking of "Progress M-40" from module "Kvant" of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM28" . |
| Feb 04, 1999 | 10:24 | 1609 | Mir:74052 | Beginning of unsuccessful experiment "Znamya-2.5". |
| Feb 05, 1999 | 10:16:05 | 1625 | Mir:74068 | Deorbit burn of "Progress M-40" . |
| Feb 05, 1999 | 11:09:30 | 1625 | Mir:74068 | End of existence of "Progress M-40" . |
| Feb 08, 1999 | 11:20 | 2814 | Mir:74115 | Undocking (redocking to another docking unit) of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM28" (crew: Padalka, Avdeyev ) from fore (transitional) unit of station "Mir" . |
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There is nobody at the station "Mir" . | |||
| Feb 08, 1999 | 11:39:10 | 2815 | Mir:74116 | Docking (redocking to another docking unit) of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM28" (crew: Padalka, Avdeyev ) to module "Kvant" of station "Mir" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after docking: Padalka, Avdeyev. | |||
| Feb 20, 1999 | 04:18:01 | 1 | Mir:74299 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-TM29" (crew: Afanasyev, Haignere, Bella ). |
| Feb 22, 1999 | 05:36:16 | 34 | Mir:74332 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM29" (crew: Afanasyev, Haignere, Bella ) to fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM28" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after docking: Padalka, Avdeyev, Afanasyev, Haignere, Bella. | |||
| Feb 27, 1999 | 22:55:11 | 3121 | Mir:74422 | Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM28" (crew: Padalka, Bella ) from module "Kvant" of orbital complex "Mir" - "Soyuz-TM29" . |
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Crew of station "Mir" after undocking: Avdeyev, Afanasyev, Haignere. | |||
| Feb 28, 1999 | 01:22:13 | 3122 | Mir:74423 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM28" (crew: Padalka, Bella ). |
| Feb 28, 1999 | 02:14:30 | 3123 | Mir:74424 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM28" (crew: Padalka, Bella ). |
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