| Insignia | Soyuz TM-28 patch.png |
|---|---|
| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
| Cospar id | 1998-047A |
| Mission duration | 198 days, 16 hours, 31 minutes, 19 seconds |
| Orbits completed | 3,144 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch date | UTC[1] |
| Launch rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Landing date | UTC |
| Landing site | 50°42′N 67°12′E 100 kilometres (62 mi) south of Kijma |
| Crew members | Gennady I. Padalka |
| Crew launching | Sergei Avdeyev Yuri Baturin |
| Crew landing | Ivan Bella |
| Crew callsign | Альтаи́р (Altair) |
| Orbit reference | Geocentric |
| Orbit regime | Low Earth |
| Orbit periapsis | 190 kilometres (120 mi) |
| Orbit apoapsis | 273.7 kilometres (170.1 mi) |
| Orbit inclination | 51.64 degrees |
| Orbit period | 88.5 minutes |
| Apsis | gee |
| Previous mission | Soyuz TM-27 |
| Next mission | Soyuz TM-29 |
| Programme | Soyuz 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
- ^ Williams, David R. "Soyuz-TM 28". NSSDCA Master Catalog. NASA. Archived 26 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Zak, Anatoly. "Mir operations in 1998". Russian Space Web. Archived 25 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 25 April 2021.