Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
06:08:42
Monday July 27, 1992
Soyuz TM-15 was the 15th expedition to the Mir space station. It included spationaut Michel Tognini from France. The Soyuz TM-15 flight set what was then a new Soyuz spacecraft on orbit endurance record. 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
7,100 kilograms
Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaPrice
$40.00 million
Rocket
Height: 51.32m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 7,150 kg
GTO: 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,693 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3m
Height: 15.59m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
670th
Mission
13th
Mission of 1992
47th
Orbital launch attempt