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| Operator | Roscosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2005-039A |
| SATCAT no. | 28877 |
| Mission duration | 189 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes |
| Orbits completed | 2,987 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,200 kilograms (15,900 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Valery I. Tokarev William S. McArthur, Jr. |
| Launching | Gregory H. "Greg" Olsen |
| Landing | Marcos C. Pontes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | October 1, 2005, 03:55:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | April 8, 2006, 23:48:00 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | ~200 kilometres (120 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | ~252 kilometres (157 mi) |
| Inclination | ~51.7 degrees |
| Period | ~88.7 minutes |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Pirs nadir |
| Docking date | 3 October 2005 05:27 UTC |
| Undocking date | 18 November 2005 08:46 UTC |
| Time docked | 46d 3h 19m |
| Docking with ISS (Relocation) | |
| Docking port | Zarya nadir |
| Docking date | 18 November 2005 09:05 UTC |
| Undocking date | 20 March 2006 06:49 UTC |
| Time docked | 121d 21h 44m |
| Docking with ISS (Relocation) | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 20 March 2006 07:11 UTC |
| Undocking date | 8 April 2006 20:28 UTC |
| Time docked | 19d 13h 17m |
 Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TMA-7 (Russian: Союз ТМА-7) was a transport mission for portions of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 12 crew launched October 1, 2005. The flight delivered ISS Commander William McArthur and ISS Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev to the station to replace Expedition 11 crew members. Spaceflight Participant Gregory Olsen joined the TMA-7 crew for the ascent and docking with the ISS, spent approximately eight days aboard conducting experiments, then returned to Earth with the outgoing members of Expedition 11 aboard Soyuz TMA-6. McArthur and Tokarev were joined on their return trip to Earth by Flight Engineer Marcos Pontes who launched aboard Soyuz TMA-8 and spent approximately seven days aboard the ISS conducting experiments for the Brazilian Space Agency.
