Soyuz TM-30

Launch & orbit data: Designation  26116 / 00018A Launch date - time  04 Apr 2000 - 05:01:29 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC1 Launch vehicle  Soyuz 11A511U OKB name - S/Nº  Soyuz 7K-STM (11F732) s/nº 204 Mass (kg)   Flight Crew  Zalyotin,Sergei (CDR) Kaleri, Aleksandr (FE) Call Sign   Backup crew   Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee   km    - Inclination  51.7°    - Period  91.9 min

Docking & landing data: Docking date - time  06 Apr 2000 - 06:31:22 UT Target spacecraft/port  Mir/fore Undocking date - time  15 Jun 2000 - 21:24:49 UT Deorbit burn date - time  15 Jun 2000 - 23:51:53 UT Landing date - time  16 Jun 2000 - 00:43:45 UT Landing location  near Arkalyk Flight Duration (d:hr:min)   Nbr orbits

Launch Crew (EO-28):

Mission details:

• The Soyuz TM-30 spacecraft was launched on Apr 4,2000 with the EO-28 Mir crew. Commander is Sergey V. Zalyotin; flight engineer is Aleksandr Kaleri. The spacecraft, production vehicle 11F732 No. 204, is the first in the "200" series of Soyuz TM vehicles to fly. These vehicles were originally built to support the International Space Station and are externally similar to the standard Soyuz TM, with a cylindrical service module (PAO), curved-conical descent module (SA), and spheroidal living module (BO). Mounted on the BO is a standard Mir SSVP-type probe docking system.
• The 11A511U Soyuz-U launch vehicle, built by TsSKB-Progress of Samara, took off from the Gagarin pad at 5-GIK Baikonur at 0501:29 UTC. The four Blok B,V,G,D strapon liquid boosters separated at 0503 UTC. Two minutes into flight the escape tower separated and at 0504 UTC the nose fairing was jettisoned at an altitude of 85 km. The central stage (Blok A) of the Soyuz 'packet' continued on a suborbital trajectory, shutting down and separating at 0506 UTC. The third stage, the Blok-I (possibly designated 11S510) fired its KB Khivavtomatiki 11D55 LOX/kerosene main engine for a four minute burn, placing Soyuz TM-30 in a low Earth orbit. The antennae and solar panels were deployed shortly afterwards. Two Soyuz engine burns at 0837 and 0923 UTC placed the vehicle in a 257 x 259 km x 51.6 deg orbit. It is not yet clear how long the EO-28 crew will stay aboard Mir. Part of the EO-28 mission is financed by the private MirCorp company.
• Soyuz TM-30 docked with Mir′s forward (-X) port on Apr 6, 2000 at 0631 UTC. Zalyotin and Kaleri have reactivated Mir and are settling in for a stay of uncertain duration.
• Zalyotin and Kaleri closed the hatch to Mir at 1817 UTC on Jun 15 and undocked at 2124 UT on Jun 16, 2000. The deorbit burn was at 2352 UTC; a few minutes later the orbital module and service module were jettisoned, with the central descent module reentering for a landing at 0044 UTC on Jun 16, near Arkalyk in Kazakstan. The Mir complex remains operational in automated mode.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Baikonur and special Baikonur cancel, send registrated.

Space Mail: Cover with 2 black Mir boardcancel, docking date boardcancel: 060400 and undocking red boardcancel: 160600, signed by the last EO-28 crew, Sergey Zalyotin and Aleksandr Kaleri.

Landing cancel Arkalyk, send registrated.