Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 1998-047A |
SATCAT no. | 25429![]() |
Mission duration | 198 days, 16 hours, 31 minutes, 19 seconds |
Orbits completed | 3,144 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 up 2 down |
Members | Gennady I. Padalka |
Launching | Sergei Avdeyev Yuri Baturin |
Landing | Ivan Bella |
Callsign | Альтаи́р (Altair) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | August 13, 1998, 09:43:11[1] | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
End of mission | |
Landing date | February 28, 1999, 02:14:30 | UTC
Landing site | 50°42′N 67°12′E / 50.700°N 67.200°E 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Kijma |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 190 kilometres (120 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 273.7 kilometres (170.1 mi) |
Inclination | 51.64 degrees |
Period | 88.5 minutes |
Docking with Mir | |
![]() Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
TM-28 was a Soyuz mission to the Mir space station.[2]
Crew[edit]
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | ![]() First spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | ![]() Third and last spaceflight |
None |
Research Cosmonaut | ![]() First spaceflight |
![]() Only spaceflight |
Mission Accomplishments[edit]
- Docked with Mir.
- Baturin became the first Russian politician in space.
- Padalka and Avdeyev performed an EVA on 15.09.1998 (30 m) into the module Spektr (new cables connected for solar structures).
Notes[edit]
- Padalka and Avdeyev became 26th resident crew of Mir.
- Baturin landed on August 25, 1998 (5:22 UT) with Soyuz TM-27.
- Avdeyev landed on August 28, 1999 (0:41 UT) with Soyuz TM-29.
References[edit]
- ^ Williams, David R. "Soyuz-TM 28". NSSDCA Master Catalog. NASA. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Zak, Anatoly. "Mir operations in 1998". Russian Space Web. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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