Soyuz TM-20

USSR


Manned Flight nº: 174

Earth orbit Flight nº: 171

USSR Flight nº: 80


Launch & orbit data:

Designation 23288 / 94063A
Launch date - time 03 Oct 1994 - 22:42:30 UT
Launch site Baikonur, LC1
Launch vehicle  Soyuz 11A511U2
OKB name - S/N° Soyuz 7K-STM (11F732) s/n° 69
Mass (kg) 7.150
Flight Crew Viktorenko, Aleksandr (CDR)
Kondakova, Yelena (FE)
Merbold, Ulf (CR)
Call Sign Vityaz (Knight)
Earth orbit on :
   - Perigee / Apogee 390 x 396 km
   - Inclination 51.65 deg
   - Period 92.42 min

Docking & landing data:

Docking date - time 06 Oct 1994 - 00:28:15 UT
Target spacecraft/port Mir/fore
Undocking date - time 22 Mar 1995 - 00:43:08 UT
Deorbit burn date - time 22 Mar 1995 - 03:08:14 UT
separate: 03:37 UT
re-enter: 03:40 UT
Landing date - time 22 Mar 1995 - 04:04:05 UT
Landing location 54 km NE of Arkalyk
(50° 31' N, 67° 21' E)
Flight Duration (d:hr:min) 169:05:22
Nbr orbits 
Landing crew Poliakov, Viktorenko, Kondakova
 (crew TM-18 & TM-20)

Launch Crew (EO-17):

Nr. Surname Given name Job Duration Orbits
1  Viktorenko  Aleksandr Stepanovich  Commander 169d 05h 21m  2677 
2  Kondakova  Yelena Vladimirovna  Flight engineer 169d 05h 21m  2677 
3  Merbold  Ulf Dietrich  Research cosmonaut 31d 12h 35m  499 

Merbold landed with Soyuz TM-19 on 4 Nov 1994

Backup Crew

Nr. Name Job
1  Gidzenko, Yuri P.  Commander
2  Avdeyev, Sergei V.  Flight engineer
2  Duque, Pedro-Francisco  Research cosm.


Mir against Space

The Mir station seen against space during one of the Shuttle-Mir missions. - Credit: NASA.



Astrophilately covers:

Soyuz TM20

Launch cancel Baikonur. Send registrated, signed by crew

Soyuz TM20

Cosmic Mail: Cover on board of Mir, with 2 Mir boardcancel, and 2 date boardcancel: 061094 (docking TM-20) and 031194 (undocking TM-19), signed by the crew.


Soyuz TM20

Cosmic Mail: Special Kondakova cover, with 2 Mir boardcancel, and 4 date boardcancel: 061094 (docking TM-20), 131194, 170295, 160395 and 220395 (Undocking TM-20), signed by the crew.

Soyuz TM20

Undocking cancel Arkalik 220395, send registrated with TP cancel.



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