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Operator | Roscosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2006-009A |
SATCAT no. | 28996![]() |
Mission duration | 182 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
Manufacturer | Energia |
Launch mass | 7,270 kilograms (16,030 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Pavel Vinogradov Jeffrey Williams |
Launching | Marcos Pontes |
Landing | Anousheh Ansari |
Callsign | Carat |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | March 30, 2006, 02:30 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | September 29, 2006, 01:13 | UTC
Landing site | Kazakhstan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 200 kilometres (120 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 241 kilometres (150 mi) |
Inclination | 51.67 degrees |
Period | 88.64 minutes |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zarya nadir |
Docking date | 1 April 2006 04:19 UTC |
Undocking date | 28 September 2006 21:53 UTC |
Time docked | 180d 17h 34m |
![]() From top to bottom: Jeffrey Williams, Marcos Pontes and Pavel Vinogradov. Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TMA-8 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle.