Soyuz TMA-2

22th manned flight to ISS. Flight: ISS-6S

Designation	27781 / 03016A
Launch date - time	26 Avr 2003 - 03:53:52 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC1/5
Launch vehicle	Soyuz-FG (#006)
Soyuz designation	7K-STMA nº212 (11F732)
Mass (kg)
Flight Crew	Malenchenko, Yuri (CDR) Lu, Edward (FE)
Call Sign
Backup crew

Docking date - time	28 Apr 2003 - 05:56:20 UT
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Zarya
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	388 x 413 km
- Inclination	51,67°
- Period	min
Undocking date - time	27 Oct 2003 - 23:17:09 UT
Deorbit burn date - time	28 Oct 2003 - 01:47 UT
Landing date - time	28 Oct 2003 - 02:40:01 UT
Landing location	49,55° N, 66,57°E 38 km south of Arkalyk
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	184:22:46
Nbr orbits	2911
Landing crew (Exp.7 & VC-5):	Malenchenko, Lu, Duque (crew TMA-2 and TMA-3)

Soyuz spacecraft S/N 212 (Soyuz TMA-2) was launched on April 26, 2003 carrying the new Expedition 7 crew of Yuriy Malenchenko and Edward Lu. Launch aboard the Soyuz-FG rocket was at 0353 UTC on Apr 26 from complex 1, pad 5 at Baikonur. The third stage ignited at 0358 UTC and shut down at 0402 UTC with a successful orbit insertion.

Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft, docked to the functional cargo block (FGB) nadir port on the International Space Station. (NASA)
Soyuz 11F732 No. 212 (Soyuz TMA-2) docked with the nadir port on the Zarya module at 0556 UTC on Apr 28, 2003 with hatches open to the station at 0727 UTC.
Soyuz TMA-2 undocked from the Zarya module at 2317 UTC on Oct 27, 2003 with Yuriy Malenchenko, Ed Lu and Pedro Duque aboard. It fired its deorbit engines at 0147 UTC on Oct 28 and landed near Arkalyk in Kazakhstan at about 0241 UTC. Happily, there was no repetition of the reentry anomaly which caused Soyuz TMA-1 to land off course.

Launch cancels Baikonur,send registrated. 4 different cancels.

Docking cancel on 12.04.91 flight cover.

Docking and landing cancels,2 special blue cancels.

Landing Duque (tm3) cancel 28.10.03 with tma-3.

Ref.: #7(JR498-499,513), #16, #210, #411 - update: 03.09.25