Soyuz TM-23

Soyuz TM-23
OperatorRosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID1996-011A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.23798Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration193 days, 19 hours, 7 minutes, 35 seconds
Orbits completed~3,155
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz TM-23 (7K-STM No. 72)
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TM
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Launch mass7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size2 up
3 down
MembersYuri Onufrienko
Yury Usachov
LandingClaudie André-Deshays
CallsignСкиф (Skiph - Scythian)
Start of mission
Launch dateFebruary 21, 1996, 12:34:05 (1996-02-21UTC12:34:05Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur Launch Pad 1
End of mission
Landing dateSeptember 2, 1996, 07:41:40 (1996-09-02UTC07:41:41Z) UTC
Landing site50°17′N 70°50′E / 50.28°N 70.83°E / 50.28; 70.83
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude202 kilometres (126 mi)
Apogee altitude240 kilometres (150 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Docking with Mir
Docking date23 February 1996, 14:20:35 UTC
Undocking date2 September 1996, 4:20:00 UTC
Time docked191.5 days
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TM-23 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on February 21, 1996, to Mir.[1] The spacecraft launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, and after two days of flight, Yuri Onufrienko and Yury Usachov docked with Mir and became the 21st resident crew of the Station.[1] On September 2, 1996, after 191 days docked with Mir, the ship undocked with the launch crew and Claudie André-Deshays onboard, before eventually landing 107 km (66 mi) south west of Akmola, Kazakhstan.[1]

  1. ^ a b c The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM-23.htm