Soyuz TM-20 | |||||||||
Insignia: | Soyuz TM-20 patch.png | ||||||||
Mission Type: | Mir crew transport | ||||||||
Operator: | Rosaviakosmos | ||||||||
Cospar Id: | 1994-063A | ||||||||
Satcat: | 23288 | ||||||||
Mission Duration: | 169 days, 5 hours, 21 minutes, 35 seconds | ||||||||
Orbits Completed: | ~2,760 | ||||||||
Spacecraft: | Soyuz 7K-STM No.69[1] | ||||||||
Spacecraft Type: | Soyuz-TM | ||||||||
Manufacturer: | RKK Energia | ||||||||
Launch Mass: | 7170kg (15,810lb) | ||||||||
Launch Date: | UTC | ||||||||
Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U2 | ||||||||
Launch Site: | Baikonur 1/5 | ||||||||
Landing Date: | UTC | ||||||||
Landing Site: | 50.52°N 67.35°W | ||||||||
Crew Size: | 3 | ||||||||
Crew Members: | Aleksandr Viktorenko Yelena Kondakova | ||||||||
Crew Launching: | Ulf Merbold | ||||||||
Crew Landing: | Valeri Polyakov | ||||||||
Crew Callsign: | Ви́тязь (Vityaz' – Knight) | ||||||||
Orbit Epoch: | 3 November 1994[2] | ||||||||
Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||
Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||
Orbit Periapsis: | 392km (244miles) | ||||||||
Orbit Apoapsis: | 394km (245miles) | ||||||||
Orbit Inclination: | 51.6 degrees | ||||||||
Orbit Period: | 92.42 minutes | ||||||||
Apsis: | gee | ||||||||
Docking: |
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Previous Mission: | Soyuz TM-19 | ||||||||
Next Mission: | Soyuz TM-21 | ||||||||
Programme: | Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TM-20 was the twentieth expedition to the Russian Space Station Mir. It launched Russian cosmonauts Aleksandr Viktorenko, Yelena Kondakova, and German cosmonaut Ulf Merbold.
The flight carried 10 kg of equipment for use by Merbold in ESA's month-long Euromir94 experiment program. During automatic approach to Mir's front port, thespacecraft yawed unexpectedly. Viktorenko completed a manual dockingwithout additional incident.