Soyuz TM-17

Soyuz TM-17
OperatorRosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID1993-043A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.22704Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration196 days, 17 hours, 45 minutes, 22 seconds
Orbits completed~3,070
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz 7K-STM No. 66
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TM
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Launch mass7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size3 up
2 down
MembersVasili Tsibliyev
Aleksandr Serebrov
LaunchingJean-Pierre Haigneré
CallsignСи́риус (Sirius)
Start of mission
Launch dateJuly 1, 1993, 14:32:58 (1993-07-01UTC14:32:58Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U2
End of mission
Landing dateJanuary 14, 1994, 08:18:20 (1994-01-14UTC08:18:21Z) UTC
Landing site49°37′N 70°07′E / 49.62°N 70.12°E / 49.62; 70.12
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude388 kilometres (241 mi)
Apogee altitude397 kilometres (247 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Docking with Mir
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TM-17 was a Russian spaceflight to the space station Mir, launched on July 1, 1993. It carried Russian cosmonauts Vasily Tsibliyev and Aleksandr Serebrov, along with French astronaut Jean-Pierre Haigneré.[1] It lasted 196 days and 17 hours, making more than 3,000 orbits of the planet Earth.[2]

  1. ^ Pearlman, Robert Z. (2013-11-19). "Cosmonaut Alexander Serebrov, Veteran of 4 Space Missions, Dies at 69". Space.com. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  2. ^ "Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TM-17". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2023-11-21.