Status
Success
Soyuz TM-28
Launch Time
Thu Aug 13, 1998 09:43 UTC
Thu Aug 13, 1998 09:43 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Soyuz TM-28
TM-28 was a Soyuz mission to the Mir space station.
The Soyuz is a Soviet crewed spaceship, developed to made crewed lunar missions. This version called 7K will fly 4 times on the giant launcher N1, and several tens of times on Proton to fly over the Moon, which will be successful during the mission Zond 4. Soyuz will become the first spacecraft to transport living beings to the Moon during the flight of Zond 5, with two turtles. Subsequently, it is adapted to low orbit and will fly on the Soyuz launcher to serve the Salyut and Mir stations and the ISS.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 7,150.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1998
49th orbital launch attempt
Soyuz U
751st mission
7th mission of 1998
730th successful mission
21st consecutive successful mission