Q: How long did the Soyuz TM-17 mission last?

A: The mission lasted 16,998,322 seconds (approximately 197 days), from July 1, 1993, to January 14, 1994.

Q: Who was part of the Soyuz TM-17 crew?

A: The crew included Russian Commander Vasily Tsibliyev, Flight Engineer Aleksandr Serebrov, and French Research Cosmonaut Jean-Pierre Haigneré (during takeoff).

Q: What was the significance of Soyuz TM-17?

A: The mission supported operations on the Mir space station, facilitated international collaboration (with France), and highlighted the Soyuz spacecraft's role in sustaining long-term human presence in space.

Soyuz TM-17

1993 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir

Vehicle soyuz_tm Q1540613

Facts

29 properties

Instance of: Soyuz-TM, human spaceflight^[3]
Country: Russia^[2]
Follows: Soyuz TM-16^[5]
Followed by: Soyuz TM-18^[6]
Launch date: 1993-07-01
Part of: Soyuz programme^[7]
Duration: 16,998,322 second
Apoapsis: 397 km
Coat of arms image: commons.wikimedia.org
Crew member: Vasily Tsibliyev, Aleksandr Serebrov, Jean-Pierre Haigneré
Crew members: Vasily Tsibliyev, Aleksandr Serebrov, Jean-Pierre Haigneré^[15]^[16]^[17]
Landing date: 1994-01-14
Launch vehicle: Soyuz-U2
Location of landing: Kazakhstan^[18]
Mass: 7,150 kg
Operator: Roscosmos State Corporation^[4]
Orbital inclination: 51.65 degree
Orbital period: 92.4 minute
Orbits completed: 3,070
Periapsis: 388 km
Satellite of: low Earth orbit
Significant event: rocket launch, landing^[13]^[14]
Space launch vehicle: Soyuz-U2^[8]
Start point: Baikonur Cosmodrome

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Time of object orbit decay: 1981^[12]
Type of orbit: low Earth orbit^[9]
UTC date of spacecraft landing: January 14, 1994^[11]
UTC date of spacecraft launch: July 1, 1993^[10]
Vessel: Soyuz-TM

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 5

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Soyuz TM-17 Crew Portrait.jpg ↗
COSPAR ID: 1993-043A
Freebase ID: /m/03h3c2
SCN: 22704
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Satellite", "22704"]

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🔗 Connections

Crew members 3

Aleksandr Serebrov, Vasily Tsibliyev, Jean-Pierre Haigneré

← Astronaut mission 3

Aleksandr Serebrov, Vasily Tsibliyev, Jean-Pierre Haigneré

Instance of 2

human spaceflight, Soyuz-TM

Significant event 2

landing, rocket launch

Belongs to 1

Soyuz programme

Country 1

Russia

Followed by 1

Soyuz TM-18

Followed by (predecessor) 1

Soyuz TM-18

Follows 1

Soyuz TM-16

Location of landing 1

Kazakhstan

Operator 1

Roscosmos State Corporation

Part of 1

Soyuz programme

Preceded by (successor) 1

Soyuz TM-16

Space launch vehicle 1

Soyuz-U2

Start point 1

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Type of orbit 1

low Earth orbit

Vessel 1

Soyuz-TM

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Summary

Soyuz TM-17 is a Soyuz-TM^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — country (P17): Russia. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — instance of (P31): human spaceflight. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — operator (P137): Roscosmos State Corporation. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — follows (P155): Soyuz TM-16. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — followed by (P156): Soyuz TM-18. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — part of (P361): Soyuz programme. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — space launch vehicle (P375): Soyuz-U2. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — type of orbit (P522): low Earth orbit. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — UTC date of spacecraft launch (P619): July 1, 1993. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — UTC date of spacecraft landing (P620): January 14, 1994. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — time of object orbit decay (P621): 1981. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — significant event (P793): rocket launch. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — significant event (P793): landing. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — crew members (P1029): Vasily Tsibliyev. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — crew members (P1029): Aleksandr Serebrov. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — crew members (P1029): Jean-Pierre Haigneré. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 — location of landing (P1158): Kazakhstan. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Soyuz TM-17 is an instance of Soyuz-TM (Q2705481) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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