Soyuz TM-7

1988-104A

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7K-STM spaceship 11F732 No. 57 (Soyuz TM-7) was launched on 1988 Nov 26, commanded by Aleksandr Volkov and carrying flight engineer Sergey Krikalyov and French astronaut-researcher Gen. Jean-Loup Chretien. The mission was code-named Aragats. Soyuz TM-7 docked with the rear Kvant port of the Mir complex on Nov 28.

On Dec 22, Volkov, Krikalyov, and station doctor Polyakov entered the Soyuz TM-7 and moved it to the front port.

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Crew

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• Komandir Aleksandr Volkov, VVS

• Bortinzhener Sergey Krikalyov, NPO Energiya

• Kosmonavt-issledovatel' Gen. Jean-Loup Chretien, AAF, CNES

Soyuz TM-7, Flight 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Nov 26	1549	Launch by Soyuz-U2	KB
	1551	Blok-BVGD sep, T+1:58
	1553	Blok-A sep, T+4:48
	1557	Blok-I cutoff
	1558	Blok-I sep
	1700		88.79 194 x 235 x 51.6
			193 x 234 x 51.6
	2130		89.96 253 x 292 x 51.6
1988 Nov 27			89.93 252 x 291 x 51.6
	1900		89.98 256 x 291 x 51.6
1988 Nov 28	1716	Docked with 37KE +X
			89.96 253 x 292 x 51.62
1988 Nov 29			91.60 337 x 370 x 51.6
1988 Nov 30			91.60 337 x 369 x 51.6

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Crew

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• Komandir Aleksandr Volkov, VVS

• Bortinzhener Sergey Krikalyov, NPO Energiya

• Vrach-issledovatel' Dr. Valeriy Polyakov, IMBP

Soyuz TM-7, Flight 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Dec 22	0520	Crew entry, hatch closed
	0645	Undocked 37KE +X
	0659	Docked Mir -X
1988 Dec 24			327 x 355 x 51.6

Soyuz TM-7, Flight 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Apr 25	2130		92.74 401 x 417 x 51.5
1989 Apr 26	2328	Undocked -X
1989 Apr 27	0203?	Deorbit
	0207?	DO CO
	0231?	Module sep
	0235?	Entry
	0257:58	Landed

Kosmos 1949

 1988-045A

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RCS was 32m2.

Kosmos-1949
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 May 28	0249:00	Launch by 11K69	Baikonur
	0251	Stage 1 sep
	0253	Stage 2 sep
	0337	AKM burn?
1988 May 28			89.40 111x379x65.0
1988 May 28			92.28 403x418x65.0
1988 Jul 3			92.78 403 x 417 x 65.0
1988 Sep 20			92.78 402 x 419 x 65.0
1989 Jan 26			92.78 403 x 418 x 65.0
1989 Aug 3			92.78 402 x 418 x 65.0
1990 Jan 26			92.78 404 x 417 x 65.0
1990 Mar 22			92.78 403 x 417 x 65.0

Molniya 168

 1986-068A

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Molniya-1 (F74, N68) was launched in Sep 1986 to the A plane.

Molniya-1 F74
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Sep 5	0912:59	Launch by 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	0921	T+8:50 Blok-I sep	186 x 624 x 62.8 (B)
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1007?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1010?	T+56:54 ML sep
		Sep from Blok-L	640 x 40546 x 62.9
1986 Sep 11			633 x 39750 x 62.9