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| Operator | Roscosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2006-040A |
| SATCAT no. | 29400 |
| Mission duration | 215 days, 8 hours, 22 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,270 kilograms (16,030 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Mikhail Tyurin Michael López-Alegría |
| Launching | Anousheh Ansari |
| Landing | Charles Simonyi |
| Callsign | Vostok |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 18 September 2006, 04:08 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 21 April 2007, 12:31 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 200 kilometres (120 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 242 kilometres (150 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.67 degrees |
| Period | 88.64 minutes[1] |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 20 September 2006 05:21 UTC |
| Undocking date | 10 October 2006 19:14 UTC |
| Time docked | 20d 13h 53m |
| Docking with ISS (Relocation) | |
| Docking port | Zarya nadir |
| Docking date | 10 October 2006 19:34 UTC |
| Undocking date | 29 March 2007 23:30 UTC |
| Time docked | 170d 3h 56m |
| Docking with ISS (Relocation) | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 29 March 2007 23:54 UTC |
| Undocking date | 21 April 2007 09:11 UTC |
| Time docked | 22d 9h 17m |
 Crew of Soyuz TMA-9: (l-r) López-Alegría, Ansari, Tyurin Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TMA-9 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It was a human spaceflight mission transporting personnel to and from the ISS. It launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 18 September 2006 at 08:09 MSD (04:09 UTC), docked with the ISS at 09:21 MSD (05:21 UTC) on 20 September, and returned to Earth on 21 April 2007. Soyuz TMA-9 transported two-thirds of ISS Expedition 14 to the space station along with one "spaceflight participant" who performed several experiments on behalf of the European Space Agency. [2]
- ^ "Soyuz TMA-9 Launch". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2006-09-23.
- ^ "ESA experiments with spaceflight participant Ansari to ISS". Retrieved 2006-09-22.