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Spacecraft "Soyuz-TM3"


BRIEFLY ABOUT SPACECRAFT
Registration number 1987-063A / 18222
Time and date of launch (UT) 01h.59m.17s.   July 22, 1987
Launch site Baikonur, LC 1
Launch vehicle Soyuz-U2
Spacecraft mass (kg) 7100
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 51.6
   - period (minutes) 91.0
   - perigee (km) 297
   - apogee (km) 353
Time and date of landing (UT) 09h.16m.15s.   December 29, 1987
Place of landing 140 km NE of Arkalyk
Duration 160d.07h.16m.58s.
Number of revolutions around Earth 2534
Summary 3rd expedition to the orbital station "Mir" . Partial change of crew. Docking with and unloading of cargo spacecrafts "Progress-31" , "Progress-32" , "Progress-33" .



LAUNCHED CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr
VE-1/MIR
Viktorenko, Aleksandr Stepanovich Solovyov, Anatoli Yakovlevich
2 FE
PE-2/MIR
Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Pavlovich Savinykh, Viktor Petrovich
3 AI
VE-1/MIR
Faris, Muhammed Ahmed Khabib, Munir Khabib
Call sign Vityaz' (Knight)




LANDED CREW
Order
number
Status Crew
1 Cdr
PE-2/MIR
Romanenko, Yuri Viktorovich
2 FE
PE-2/MIR
Aleksandrov, Aleksandr Pavlovich
3 AI
VE-2/MIR
Levchenko, Anatoli Semyonovich


TIMELINE
Date Time (UT) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Station's revo-
lution number
Explanation
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" .

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" .

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 ).
Jul 30, 1987 23:27:40 141 Mir:8295 Undocking (redocking to another docking unit) of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM3"   (crew: Romanenko,   Aleksandrov ) from module "Kvant"   of station "Mir" .

There is nobody at the station "Mir" .
Jul 30, 1987 23:47:00 141 Mir:8295 Docking (redocking to another docking unit) of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM3"   (crew: Romanenko,   Aleksandrov ) to fore (transitional) unit of station "Mir" .

Crew of station "Mir"   after docking: Romanenko,   Aleksandrov.
Aug 03, 1987 20:44:11 1 Mir:8356 Lift-off cargo "Progress-31" .
Aug 05, 1987 22:27:35 34 Mir:8389 Docking of "Progress-31"   to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM3" .
Sep 21, 1987 23:57:41 778 Mir:9133 Undocking of "Progress-31"   from module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM3" .
Sep 23, 1987 00:22:00 794 Mir:9149 Deorbit burn of "Progress-31" .
Sep 23, 1987 01:02 794 Mir:9149 End of existence of "Progress-31" .
Sep 23, 1987 23:43:54 1 Mir:9164 Lift-off cargo "Progress-32" .
Sep 26, 1987 01:08:15 34 Mir:9197 Docking of "Progress-32"   to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM3" .
Nov 10, 1987 04:09:10 749 Mir:9912 Undocking of "Progress-32"   from module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM3" .
Nov 10, 1987 05:47:25 750 Mir:9913 Docking of "Progress-32"   to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM3" .
Nov 17, 1987 19:24:37 870 Mir:10033 Undocking of "Progress-32"   from module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM3" .
Nov 19, 1987 00:10:00 889 Mir:10052 Deorbit burn of "Progress-32" .
Nov 19, 1987 00:58 889 Mir:10052 End of existence of "Progress-32" .
Nov 20, 1987 23:47:12 1 Mir:10083 Lift-off cargo "Progress-33" .
Nov 23, 1987 01:39:13 34 Mir:10116 Docking of "Progress-33"   to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM3" .
Dec 19, 1987 08:15:46 449 Mir:10531 Undocking of "Progress-33"   from module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM3" .
Dec 19, 1987 12:56:00 452 Mir:10534 Deorbit burn of "Progress-33" .
Dec 19, 1987 13:37 452 Mir:10534 End of existence of "Progress-33" .
Dec 21, 1987 11:18:03 1 Mir:10564 Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-TM4"   (crew: Titov,   Manarov,   Levchenko ).
Dec 23, 1987 12:51:00 34 Mir:10597 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM4"   (crew: Titov,   Manarov,   Levchenko ) to module "Kvant"   of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM3" .

Crew of station "Mir"   after docking: Romanenko,   Aleksandrov,   Titov,   Manarov,   Levchenko.
Dec 29, 1987 05:58:00 2533 Mir:10687 Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM3"   (crew: Romanenko,   Aleksandrov,   Levchenko ) from fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Mir"   - "Soyuz-TM4" .

Crew of station "Mir"   after undocking: Titov,   Manarov.
Dec 29, 1987 08:21 2534 Mir:10688 Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM3"   (crew: Romanenko,   Aleksandrov,   Levchenko ).
Dec 29, 1987 09:16:15 2535 Mir:10689 Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-TM3"   (crew: Romanenko,   Aleksandrov,   Levchenko ).

Sources:
  Mission Control Center (TsUP) from 2007
  CBS News
  Spaceflight now
  Alexander Zheleznyakov
  journal "Novosti Kosmonavtiki" ("News of Cosmonautics") from 1993 till our time
  journal "Kosmonavtika, astronomiya" ("Cosmonautics, astronomy") 1983-1991 years
  book "Evolution of vehicle-creating and cosmonautics in the USSR" by Valentin P. Glushko, Moscow, 1987
  Jonathan's Space Report
  and many other people and editions
  


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