| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1995-047A |
| SATCAT no. | 23665 |
| Mission duration | 179 days, 1 hour, 41 minutes, 45 seconds |
| Orbits completed | 2833 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM no. 71 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Yuri Gidzenko Sergei Avdeyev Thomas Reiter |
| Callsign | Ура́н (Uran) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | September 3, 1995, 09:00:23 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur Launch Pad 1 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | February 29, 1996, 10:42:08 UTC |
| Landing site | 51°23′N 67°27′E / 51.38°N 67.45°E |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 339 kilometres (211 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 340 kilometres (210 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking port | Forward |
| Docking date | 5 September 1995, 10:29:53 UTC |
| Undocking date | 29 February 1996, 7:20:06 UTC |
| Time docked | 176.8 days |
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TM-22 was a Soyuz spaceflight to the Soviet space station Mir.[1] It launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Pad 1 on September 3, 1995.[1] After two days of free flight, the crew docked with Mir to become Mir Principal Expedition 20 and Euromir 95.[2] Mir 20 was a harbinger of the multinational missions that would be typical of the International Space Station.[2] After 179 days, 1 hour and 42 minutes on orbit, Reiter obtained the record for spaceflight duration by a Western European.[3]
- ^ a b The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tm22.htm
- ^ a b "Nasa History - Mir20" (PDF). nasa.gov.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "NASA History - Mir21" (PDF). This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
