Soyuz TM-28 explained

Soyuz TM-28

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

Spacecraft Type:

Soyuz-TM

Manufacturer:

RKK Energia

Launch Date:

UTC^[1]

Launch Rocket:

Soyuz-U

Landing Date:

UTC

Landing Site:

100km (100miles) south of Kijma

Crew Size:

3 up
2 down

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:

190km (120miles)

Orbit Apoapsis:

273.7km (170.1miles)

Orbit Inclination:

51.64 degrees

Orbit Period:

88.5 minutes

Apsis:

gee

Docking:

Docking Type:

dock

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.

Notes and References

Web site: Williams . David R. . Soyuz-TM 28 . NSSDCA Master Catalog . . 25 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200926204701/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1998-047A . 26 September 2020 . live.
Web site: Zak . Anatoly . Mir operations in 1998 . Russian Space Web . 25 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210425173940/https://www.russianspaceweb.com/mir_1998.html . 25 April 2021 . live.