Soyuz MS-15

Russia

Manned Flight nº: 320

Earth orbit Flight nº: 316

Russia manned Flight nº: 150

96th manned flight to ISS. Flight: ISS-**

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	44550 / 19064A
Launch date - time	25 Sep 2019 - 13:57:42.701
Launch site	Baikonur, LC31/6
Launch vehicle	Soyuz-FG (#71 - last flight)
Soyuz designation	11F732A48 nº745
Mass (kg)	kg
Docking date - time	25 Sep 2019 - 19:42:40 UTC
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Zvezda
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	418 x 428 km
- Eccentricity
- Inclination	51.64°
- Period	92.9 min
Undocking date - time	17 Apr 2020 - 01:53 UTC
Deorbit burn date - time	17 Apr 2020 - 04:22 UTC
Landing date - time	17 Apr 2020 - 05:16 UTC
Landing location	47°17′ N, 69°33′ E
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	204d 15h 19m
Nbr orbits	3280
Landing crew	Skripochka Oleg, Meir Jessica and Morgan Andrew (crew MS-13)

Launched Crew

Nr.	Name	Job	Duration	Orbits
1	Skripochka, Oleg (Roskosmos)	Commander	204d 15h 19m	3280
2	Meir, Jessica (NASA)	Flight Engineer	204d 15h 19m	3280
3	Al Mansouri, Hazza (UAE)	Flight Engineer	7d 21h 01m 38s	128

Note: Cassidy, Christopher (US) replaced by Meir Jessica.
Al Mansouri landed with Soyuz MS-12 on October 03, 2019.
Morgan Andrew landed with Soyuz MS-15

Launch crew: Al Mansoori, Skripochka and Meir.

Backup Crew

Nr.	Name	Job
1	Ryzhikov, Sergei (Russia)	Commander
3	Marshburn, Thomas (US)	Flight Engineer
2	Al Neyadi, Sultan (UAE)	Flight engineer

Descriptions:

SOYUZ MS-15 is a Soyuz spaceflight that transported three members of the Expedition 61 crew to the International Space Station. MS-15 is the 744th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. It is the last flight of Soyuz-FG launcher before its replacement by the Soyuz-2 in the crewed spaceflight role. The crew consist of a Russian commander, an American flight engineer, and the first Emirati astronaut.

Mission details:

ISS Expedition 61/62.
On Sep 25, 2019 astronauts Oleg Skripochka (Roskosmos), Jessica Meir (NASA), and Hazza al Mansouri (United Arab Emirates) were launched into orbit aboard Soyuz MS-15 (Soyuz spacecraft 744). The launch vehicle was Soyuz-FG No. 71, the last of the Soyuz-FG series. Future missions will use the Soyuz-2 series rockets.
Soyuz MS-15 docked with the ISS Zvezda module at 19:42:40 UTC Sep 25 after a 5 hour 45 min flight. Expedition 61 became a six-person-crew.
Soyuz MS-15 undocked from the Zvezda module at 0153 UTC Apr 17, 2020 with Oleg Skripochka, Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan aboard, bringing Expedition 62to a close and marking the start of Expedition 63.
The deorbit burn was at 0422 UTC for 4m 41s, lowering the orbit to about -18 x 423 km. Soyuz MS-15 landed in Kazakhstan at 0516 UTC.

Soyuz MS-15 descent to earth.

Soyuz MS-15 capsule.

Soyuz MS-15 group after landing.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Baikonur 25.09.2019, registered mail.

Undock &. landing, cancel Houston. Credit: #411

Ref.: #7(JR770,777), #16, #228, #411 - update: 22.02.22

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