Soyuz TM-9

Soyuz TM-9
COSPAR ID1990-014A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.20494Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration179 days, 1 hour, 17 minutes, 57 seconds
Orbits completed~2,895
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz 7K-STM No. 60
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TM
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Launch mass7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size2
MembersAnatoly Solovyev
Aleksandr Balandin
CallsignРодни́к (Rodnik- Spring)
Start of mission
Launch date11 February 1990, 06:16:00 (1990-02-11UTC06:16Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U2
End of mission
Landing date9 August 1990, 07:33:57 (1990-08-09UTC07:33:58Z) UTC
Landing site70 kilometres (43 mi) NE of Arkalyk - 50.85 N; 67.28 E
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude373 kilometres (232 mi)
Apogee altitude387 kilometres (240 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period92.2 minutes
Docking with Mir
Docking date13 February 1990, 06:37:47 UTC
Undocking date9 August 1990, 04:08:49 UTC
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TM-9 was the ninth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir.[1]

  1. ^ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM9.htm