Soyuz TM-22

Soyuz TM-22
OperatorRosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID1995-047A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.23665Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration179 days, 1 hour, 41 minutes, 45 seconds
Orbits completed2833
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz 7K-STM no. 71
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TM
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Launch mass7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size3
MembersYuri Gidzenko
Sergei Avdeyev
Thomas Reiter
CallsignУра́н (Uran)
Start of mission
Launch dateSeptember 3, 1995, 09:00:23 (1995-09-03UTC09:00:23Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U2
Launch siteBaikonur Launch Pad 1
End of mission
Landing dateFebruary 29, 1996, 10:42:08 (1996-02-29UTC10:42:09Z) UTC
Landing site51°23′N 67°27′E / 51.38°N 67.45°E / 51.38; 67.45
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude339 kilometres (211 mi)
Apogee altitude340 kilometres (210 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Docking with Mir
Docking portForward
Docking date5 September 1995, 10:29:53 UTC
Undocking date29 February 1996, 7:20:06 UTC
Time docked176.8 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]

  1. ^ a b The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tm22.htm
  2. ^ a b "Nasa History - Mir20" (PDF). nasa.gov. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "NASA History - Mir21" (PDF). Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.