| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1996-011A |
| SATCAT no. | 23798 |
| Mission duration | 193 days, 19 hours, 7 minutes, 35 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~3,155 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz TM-23 (7K-STM No. 72) |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 up 3 down |
| Members | Yuri Onufrienko Yury Usachov |
| Landing | Claudie André-Deshays |
| Callsign | Скиф (Skiph - Scythian) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | February 21, 1996, 12:34:05 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur Launch Pad 1 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | September 2, 1996, 07:41:40 UTC |
| Landing site | 50°17′N 70°50′E / 50.28°N 70.83°E |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 202 kilometres (126 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 240 kilometres (150 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking date | 23 February 1996, 14:20:35 UTC |
| Undocking date | 2 September 1996, 4:20:00 UTC |
| Time docked | 191.5 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]
- ^ a b c The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM-23.htm