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Spacecraft "Soyuz-TM3"
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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" . |
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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 ). |
| 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" . |
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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" . |
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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" . |
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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" . |
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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 ). |
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