Soyuz TMA-17

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  36129 / 09074A Launch date - time  20 Dec 2009 - 21:52 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC1/5 Launch vehicle Soyuz-FG (#xx) Soyuz designation 11F732A17 nº227 Mass (kg)   kg Docking date - time  22 Dec 2009 - 22:48 UT Target spacecraft/port  ISS/Zarya nadir port Earth orbit after docking:    - Perigee / Apogee  333.7 x 344.7 km    - Inclination  51.64°    - Period  91.32 min Undocking date - time  12 May 2010 - 13:26 UT Docking date - time  12 May 2010 - 13:53 UT Target spacecraft/port  ISS/Zvezda aft port Undocking date - time  02 Jun 2010 - 00:04 UT Deorbit burn date - time   Landing date - time  02 Jun 2010 - 03:25 UT Landing location  47°18'45,66" N, 69°37'58,44" E Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  163d 05h 32m Nbr orbits  2574 Landing crew  launch crew

Launched Crew

Backup Crew

Nr. Name Job 1  Shkaplerov, Anton Nikolayevich  Commander 2  Furukawa, Satoshi  Flight engineer - Japan 3  Wheelock, Douglas Harry  Flight Engineer

Mission Report:

Soyuz TMA-17 on launchpad

Launch TMA-17

TMA-17 by ISS




• Soyuz TMA-17 was launched on Dec 20, 2009 carrying Oleg Kotov, T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi on their way to join Expedition 22 crewmembers Jeff Williams and Maksim Suraev. TMA-17 is spacecraft article 11F732A17 factory model 7K-STMA No. 227, carrying out ISS mission 21S.
• On Dec 22 at 2248 UTC Soyuz TMA-17 docked with the nadir port on Zarya. Soyuz TMA-16 is at Zvezda's aft port, the Progress M-03M cargo ship is at the Pirs port, and the Poisk and PMA-2 ports are empty.
  
  

  Soyuz TMA-17 by ISS

  
  
  
• Astronauts Kotov, Creamer and Noguchi flew Soyuz TMA-17 from Zarya to Zvezda on May 12. They undocked from the Zarya nadir port at 1326 UTC, retreated to a distance of 50m by 1335 UTC, flew around to 50m from Zvezda by 1341 UTC. After station keeping for a few minutes they began final approach at 1348 UTC and docked with the aft Zvezda port at 1353 UTC. This left the Zarya port ready to receive the Rassvet module when it was delivered by Atlantis.
• Kotov, Creamer and Noguchi returned to Earth on Jun 2, 2010 aboard Soyuz TMA-17. They undocked from the Zvezda module at 0004 UTC and touched down in Kazakhstan at 0325 UTC.

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