Soyuz TM-28
InsigniaSoyuz TM-28 patch.png
OperatorRosaviakosmos
Cospar id1998-047A
Mission duration198 days, 16 hours, 31 minutes, 19 seconds
Orbits completed3,144
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Launch date UTC[1]
Launch rocketSoyuz-U
Landing date UTC
Landing site50°42′N 67°12′E
100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Kijma
Crew membersGennady I. Padalka
Crew launchingSergei Avdeyev
Yuri Baturin
Crew landingIvan Bella
Crew callsignАльтаи́р (Altair)
Orbit referenceGeocentric
Orbit regimeLow Earth
Orbit periapsis190 kilometres (120 mi)
Orbit apoapsis273.7 kilometres (170.1 mi)
Orbit inclination51.64 degrees
Orbit period88.5 minutes
Apsisgee
Previous missionSoyuz TM-27
Next missionSoyuz TM-29
ProgrammeSoyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

TM-28 was a Soyuz mission to the Mir space station.[2]

Mission Accomplishments

  • Docked with Mir.
  • Baturin became the first Russian politician in space.
  • Padalka and Avdeyev performed an EVA on 15.09.1998 (30 m) into the module Spektr (new cables connected for solar structures).

Notes

  • Padalka and Avdeyev became 26th resident crew of Mir.
  • Baturin landed on August 25, 1998 (5:22 UT) with Soyuz TM-27.
  • Avdeyev landed on August 28, 1999 (0:41 UT) with Soyuz TM-29.

References

  1. ^ Williams, David R. "Soyuz-TM 28". NSSDCA Master Catalog. NASA. Archived 26 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. ^ Zak, Anatoly. "Mir operations in 1998". Russian Space Web. Archived 25 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 April 2021.