Friday, October 26, 2001

Soyuz TM-28

 1998-047A


The EO-26 crew of Gennadiy Padalka (callsign Al'tair) and Sergey Avdeev were launched on Soyuz TM-28 (11F732 No 77) in Aug 1998. Former national security adviser Yuriy Baturin also was on the crew as cosmonaut-researcher. Baturin, once a test pilot, was chairman of the Defense Council until Aug 1997.

Launch mass of Soyuz was 7000 kg. It used a GPS system for the first time.

Flight 2 was a docking port switch in Feb 1999, with Padalka and Avdeev aboard.

Flight 3 was return to Earth, with Padalka and Bella. The Phantom dosimeter carried up on Progress M-34 was probably returned on this flight.


Soyuz TM-28 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1998 Aug 13  0943:11  Launch by Soyuz-U  
 0947  Blok A MECO 
 0951:56  Blok I MECO 
 0952:00  Blok-I sep 
 1323:52  TCM-1 33s 
 1416:12  TCM-2 16s  220 x 273  
1998 Aug 14  1033:02  TCM-3 3s   
1998 Aug 15  0852:29  TCM-4 71s 
 0935:47  TCM-5 76s 
1998 Aug 15   Auto approach 
 1055  To manual docking mode at 12m 
1998 Aug 15  1056:54  Docked with Kvant 
 1229  Hatch open 
1998 Aug 27  0130? Hatch closed 
1998 Aug 27  0547  Undocked Kvant +X 
  Flyaround 
 0600  Stationkeeping with -X 
 0607:11  Docked PKhO -X 
 0740?  Hatch open 
1999 Feb 8  1123:03  Undocked PKhO -X 
 1139:07  Docked Kvant +X 
1999 Feb 27  1954  HC 
 2255:11  Undocked 
 2259:20  DPO 8s sep burn 
1999 Feb 28  0122:19  Deorbit SKD 4:16, 115m/s  346 x 362 x 51.6 
 0126:35  DO CO  -38? x 359 x 51.7 
 0146?  Modules sep 
 0150?  Entry interface 
 0152?  Entry 
 0214:30  Landed

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