Soyuz TMA-11M

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

04:14:15

Thursday November 7, 2013

Mission Details

Soyuz TMA-11M

Wiki

Soyuz TMA-11M was a 2013 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 38 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-11M is the 120th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, with the first flight launching in 1967. The successful docking of the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft on November 7, 2013 marked the first time since October 2009 that nine people have resided on the space station without the presence of a space shuttle. The rocket and spacecraft applied Olympic symbols on the cowl of the ship. During mission, the Olympic torch has been passed for the first time in open space, Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazansky passed it at the outlet of the International Space Station. The Soyuz is a Soviet crewed spacecraft, developed to perform lunar missions with crew. 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 on the Moon during the flight of Zond 5, with two turtles. Thereafter, it is adapted to the low orbit and will fly on the Soyuz launcher to supply the Soviet Salyut and Mir stations, and the ISS.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

7,250 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Soyuz FG

Active 2001 to 2019

RKK Energiya logo

Manufacturer

RKK Energiya

Rocket

Height: 51.32m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 7,300 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,550 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3m

Height: 15.59m

Stages

3

Strap-ons

4

Launch Site

Site 1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

23 hr 32 min

Stats

Soyuz FG


46th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2013

2013


63rd

Orbital launch attempt