Soyuz TMA-4
2004 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Soyuz TMA-4 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It was launched on April 19, 2004 (UTC) from Baikonur Cosmodrome. Gennady Padalka from Russia, Michael Fincke from the US and André Kuipers from the Netherlands were flown to the International Space Station. Kuipers returned to Earth 9 days later together with ISS crew 8 with the re-entry module of the Soyuz TMA-3, the other two stayed as ISS crew 9. The craft landed October 24, 2004 with Padalka, Fincke and Yuri Shargin aboard.
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Quick Facts Operator, COSPAR ID ...
Operator | Roskosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2004-013A |
SATCAT no. | 28228 |
Mission duration | 187 days, 13 hours, 22 minutes |
Orbits completed | ~2,950 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Gennady Padalka Michael Fincke |
Launching | André Kuipers |
Landing | Yuri Shargin |
Callsign | Altair |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | April 19, 2004, 03:19:00 (2004-04-19UTC03:19Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | October 24, 2004, 00:35:00 (2004-10-24UTC00:36Z) UTC |
Landing site | 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of the town of Arkalyk |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 200 kilometres (120 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 252 kilometres (157 mi) |
Inclination | 51.7 degrees |
Period | 88.7 minutes |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zarya nadir |
Docking date | 21 April 2004 05:01 UTC |
Undocking date | 23 October 2004 21:08 UTC |
Time docked | 185d 16h 7m |
From left to right: Michael Fincke, Gennady Padalka and André Kuipers Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
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