Thursday, December 23, 2010

Soyuz TMA-3 (Inguli)

 2003-047A


The TMA-3 crew comprised MKS-8, the 8th main expedition, and EP-5, the 5th visting expedition, on mission ISS 7S.

Mike Foale is TMA-3 BI-2 and ISS Commander and Science Officer. Aleksandr Kaleri is TMA-3 Kdr and ISS flight engineer. Callsign was Ingul'. Pedro Duque is TMA-3 BI-1 and EP-5 ("Cervantes") crewmember.

Launch by Soyuz-FG; spacecraft 213. Callsign Inguli. Mass 7270 kg.

The Soyuz TMA-3 spaceship landed in Kazakhstan on Apr 30, returning the Expedition 8 and ESA DELTA crews to Earth. Mike Foale, Aleksandr Kaleri and Andre Kuipers entered TMA-3 from the Station's Pirs module and closed the hatches at 1747 UTC on Apr 29. They undocked from Pirs at 2052 UTC and fired their deorbit engines at 2320 UTC. The 115 m/s burn near apogee lasted 4min 23s and lowered the orbit from 354 x 371 km to about -32 x 369 km. The orbital and propulsion modules were jettisoned at 2345 UTC, and the descent module landed at 50 38N 67 20E around 0012 UTC on Apr 30, 55 km NE of Arkalyk.


Soyuz TMA-3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2003 Oct 18  0538:03  Launch by Soyuz-FG 
  T+1:53 SAS jettison 
  T+1:57 Strapons sep 
  T+2:37 Fairing sep 
  T+4:47 Blok A sep 
  T+4:57 KhO sep 
 0546:48 T+8:45 Blok I MECO 
 0546:51 T+8:48 Blok I sep7 88.58 190 x 218 x 51.65 
 0913:08  DV1 44s 17m/s 
 0950:55  DV2 43s 17m/s  89.90 266 x 272 x 51.6 
2003 Oct 19  0637:19  DV3 2m/s 6.2s  89.94 269 x 273 x 51.6 
2003 Oct 20  0504:47  DV4 42.1s 16.87m/s  
 0549:36  DV5 82.1s 33.69m/s  92.15 375 x 384 x 51.6 
 0638  Range 5 km 
 0645  Range 1.6 km 
 0650  Range 550m 
 0655  Begin flyaround 
 0703  Stationkeeping at 120m? 
 0708  Resume approach 
 0709  Range 107m 
 0710  Range 80m 
 0711  Range 50m 
 0714  Range 10m 
 0715:58  Docked with Pirs 
 0729  Hard dock 
 1019  HO to Pirs  92.15 375 x 384 x 51.6 
2004 Apr 29  1747  HC to Pirs 
 2052:09  Undock 
 2320:04  DO 4:23 115.2m/s 354 x 371 x 51.6 
 2324:19  DO CO  -32 x 369 x 51.6 
 2345:36  Modules sep 
 2348:19  Entry interface at 101 km 
 2354  End of blackout 
 2357  Parachute deployed
2004 Apr 30  0011:15  Landed

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