Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
21:52:00
Sunday December 20, 2009
Soyuz TMA-17 was a human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station (ISS). TMA-17 crew members participated in ISS Expedition 22 and Expedition 23. The mission ended when the Soyuz TMA-17 capsule landed on 2 June 2010. 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
Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaRocket
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
29th
Mission
4th
Mission of 2009
77th
Orbital launch attempt