On this Sunday an international crew will fly to the ISS to join as part of the expedition 32/33. The crew consists of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (who is on his fifth spaceflight and on his third ISS expedition), NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (who spent six months on the ISS in early 2007) and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (who flew on the STS-124 mission that delivered the Japanese Lab Module to the ISS).
This is the 114th manned Soyuz mission to fly, and the fifth of the Soyuz-TMA-M series.
Launch location:
Baikonur Launch pad no. 1/5 45°55'12.85"N, 63°20'32.27"E
Launch dates and times:
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Live Coverage Of The Launch:
Soyuz TMA-05M (industry id 11F747 #706, NASA id Soyuz 31S) manned spaceship
The crew:
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The mission patch:
Mission Profile
Ascent Chart:
1. Approach and Docking Chart:
The times below are Moscow Time (UTC+4), commas separate fractional part of numbers:
The expected spacecraft separation time: 06h 48m 51.26s
2. Orbital Parameters of Soyuz TMA-05M and the ISS
Parameter|Designation|Soyuz TMA-05M at 17/07|ISS at 17/07
Orbital Period|T, min|88.64 +-0.367|92.47
Inclination|i, degrees|51.67 +-0.058|51.66
Min altitude|h, km|200 +7 -22|332.4
Max altitude|H, km|242 +-42|394.3
Phase angle between the space ship and the ISS is about 207 degrees.
Projected duration of the space ship at the nominal orbit is no less than 20 orbits (~30 hrs)
3. Transfer maneuvers
(two days long approach scheme applied)
* Nominal two-burn maneuver and two-burn orbit phasing correction
Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
15.07.12|10:14:42|3|41.45|102.4|90.06|51.65|218.7|344.6
15.07.12|11:01:56|4|23.94|59.0|90.90|51.65|294.3|356.1
* The 2nd day's one-burn correction
Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
16.07.12|08:05:43|17|2.00|28.8|90.96|51.66|301.0|355.9
Autonomous approach program is initiated at 06:31:52.
4. Approach at the Close range
Fly-around, station keeping and docking are to be performed from July 17th, 2012 at 08 hrs 31 min 56 sec before making contact
5. Docking
Contact and capture are to be performed on July 17th, 2012 at 08 hrs 52 min 28 sec +-3 min.
Docking is performed to MIM-1 Rassvet -Y docking node
Launch Vehicle:
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The vehicle's reliability statistics according to http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2012.html#rate:
Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan on July 15, 2012 (9 a.m.)
Partly cloudy. High of 37C. Breezy. Winds from the ENE at 20 to 25 km/h.
References
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/sojuztma_05m/start.htm
http://www.federalspace.ru
http://tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.tsenki.com
http://www.samspace.ru
http://www.npoenergomash.ru/engines/
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://english.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=44.84999847,65.50000000
This is the 114th manned Soyuz mission to fly, and the fifth of the Soyuz-TMA-M series.
Launch location:
Baikonur Launch pad no. 1/5 45°55'12.85"N, 63°20'32.27"E
Launch dates and times:
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Australia - Sydney/AEST (UTC+11)
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Baikonur / UTC+6
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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+4)
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Universal / UTC
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Washington / EDT (UTC-4)
Launch time (Primary):
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13:40:03
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08:40:03
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06:40:03
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02:40:03
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22:40:03
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Jul. 15, 2012
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Jul. 15, 2012
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Jul. 15, 2012
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Jul. 15, 2012
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Jul. 14, 2012
Launch time (Backup):
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13:17:30
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08:17:30
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06:17:30
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02:17:30
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22:17:30
on:
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Jul. 16, 2012
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Jul. 16, 2012
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Jul. 16, 2012
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Jul. 16, 2012
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Jul. 15, 2012
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Australia - Sydney/AEST (UTC+11)
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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+4)/
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Universal / UTC
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Washington / EST (UTC-5)
Docking time (Primary):
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15:52:28 +-3 min
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08:52:28 +-3 min
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04:52:28 +-3 min
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00:52:28 +-3 min
on:
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Jul. 17, 2012
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Jul. 17, 2012
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Jul. 17, 2012
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Jul. 17, 2012
Docking time (Backup):
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15:00 +-3 min
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08:00 +-3 min
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04:00 +-3 min
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00:00 +-3 min
on:
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Jul. 18, 2012
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Jul. 18, 2012
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Jul. 18, 2012
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Jul. 18, 2012
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Live Coverage Of The Launch:
- NASA TV: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html (coverage starts 8:30 p.m. EDT / 00:30 UTC)
- TSENKI Video Streams: http://www.tsenki.com/broadcast/broadcast/ - coverage starts at 03:40 MSKS (23:40 UTC)
- Vesti (short stand-up right before launch): http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=onair
Soyuz TMA-05M (industry id 11F747 #706, NASA id Soyuz 31S) manned spaceship
The crew:
Commander Yuri Malenchenko, Roscosmos (previous flight experience: Soyuz TM-19 / Mir Exp. 16, STS-106, Soyuz TMA-2 / ISS Exp. 7, Soyuz TMA-11 / ISS Exp. 16)
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Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, NASA (previous flight experience: STS-116 / ISS Exp. 14/15 / STS-117)
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Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide, JAXA (previous flight experience: STS-124)
Mission Profile
Ascent Chart:
1. Approach and Docking Chart:
The times below are Moscow Time (UTC+4), commas separate fractional part of numbers:
The expected spacecraft separation time: 06h 48m 51.26s
2. Orbital Parameters of Soyuz TMA-05M and the ISS
Orbital Period|T, min|88.64 +-0.367|92.47
Inclination|i, degrees|51.67 +-0.058|51.66
Min altitude|h, km|200 +7 -22|332.4
Max altitude|H, km|242 +-42|394.3
Projected duration of the space ship at the nominal orbit is no less than 20 orbits (~30 hrs)
3. Transfer maneuvers
(two days long approach scheme applied)
* Nominal two-burn maneuver and two-burn orbit phasing correction
15.07.12|10:14:42|3|41.45|102.4|90.06|51.65|218.7|344.6
15.07.12|11:01:56|4|23.94|59.0|90.90|51.65|294.3|356.1
16.07.12|08:05:43|17|2.00|28.8|90.96|51.66|301.0|355.9
4. Approach at the Close range
Fly-around, station keeping and docking are to be performed from July 17th, 2012 at 08 hrs 31 min 56 sec before making contact
5. Docking
Contact and capture are to be performed on July 17th, 2012 at 08 hrs 52 min 28 sec +-3 min.
Docking is performed to MIM-1 Rassvet -Y docking node
Launch Vehicle:
Soyuz-U
Prime contractor:
|- Samara Space Sentre (Energia Holding enterprise)
GRAU Index:
|- 11A511U-FG
Height:
| 51.1 mDiameter:
| max 10.3 mLiftoff mass:
| 313 metric tonnesPayload mass:
| 6.95 tonnes at ISS orbit from Baikonur1st stage (boosters B, V, G, D):
|- 4 X RD-107A engines
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum - / 316 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 79.4 tonnes / 253 s
- Total 1st stage's thrust at sea level: 411.1 tonnes
2nd stage (core A):
|- 1 X RD-108A engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 102 tonnes / 314 s
- Thrust/ISP at sea level 83.5 tonnes / 257 s
3rd stage (block I):
|- 1 X RD-0110 engine
- Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
- Thrust/ISP in vacuum 30.38 tonnes / 359 s
The vehicle's reliability statistics according to http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2012.html#rate:
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Vehicle Successes/Tries Realzd Pred Consc. Last Dates
Rate Rate* Succes Fail
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Soyuz-FG 29 29 1.00 .97 29 None 2001-
Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan on July 15, 2012 (9 a.m.)
Partly cloudy. High of 37C. Breezy. Winds from the ENE at 20 to 25 km/h.
References
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/sojuztma_05m/start.htm
http://www.federalspace.ru
http://tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.tsenki.com
http://www.samspace.ru
http://www.npoenergomash.ru/engines/
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://english.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=44.84999847,65.50000000