Soyuz MS-09

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  43493 / 18051A Launch date - time  06 Jun 2018 - 11:12:39 UTC Launch site  Baikonur, LC1/5 Launch vehicle Soyuz-FG (#xx) Soyuz designation 11F732A48 nº739 Mass (kg)   kg Docking date - time  08 Jun 2018 - 13:01 UT Target spacecraft/port  ISS/Rassvet module Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee  190 x 247 km    - Inclination  51.6°    - Period   min Undocking date - time  20 Dec 2018 - 01:40 UT Deorbit burn date - time  20 Dec 2018 - 04:10:52 UTC Landing date - time  20 Dec 2018 - 05:02 UT Landing location  47°29′40.98"N, 69°41′58.86"E Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  196d 17h 49m Nbr orbits  3152 Landing crew  Launch crew

Launched Crew

Crew Soyuz MS-09

Soyuz MS09 crew on the way for launch.

Backup Crew

Mission details:

• ISS Expedition 56/57.
• Launch date from 28 Apr delayed to 06 Jun 2018.
• Soyuz MS-09 was launched on Jun 6, 2018 carrying Sergey Prokopyev (Roskosmos), Serena Aunon-Chancellor (NASA), and Alex Gerst (ESA). It docked with the Rassvet module at 1301 UTC Jun 8. Sergei Prokopyev, Alexander Gerst and Serena Aunon-Chancellor became the ISS Expedition 56 (together with ISS Expedition 55 crew members Oleg Artemyev, Andrew Feustel and Richard Arnold). With the arrival Expedition 56 became a six-person-crew.
• On Dec 20, 2018 at 0140 UTC Soyuz MS-09 undocked from Rassvet, marking the end of Expedition 57 and the beginning of Expedition 58. Astronauts Prokop′ev, Gerst and Aunon-Chancellor departed the ISS leaving Kononenko (new ISS commander), Saint-Jacques and McClain aboard.
  Soyuz MS-09 deorbit burn was at 0410:52 UTC, the much-abused orbital module was jettisoned at 0438 UTC, and reentry began 0441 UTC.

Soyuz MS-09 crew recovery

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Baikonur 06.06.2018, registered mail.

Launch cancel Baikonur, signed by crew. Credit: #404