Q: What was the purpose of Soyuz TM-9?

A: Soyuz TM-9 was a crewed mission to the Mir space station, aimed at conducting scientific research, maintenance, and experiments in low Earth orbit.

Q: Who were the crew members of Soyuz TM-9?

A: The crew consisted of Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev (spacecraft commander) and Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (Flight Engineer 1).

Q: How long did Soyuz TM-9 stay in space?

A: The mission lasted approximately 178 days, from February 11, 1990, to August 9, 1990.

Q: What was the launch vehicle for Soyuz TM-9?

A: The mission was launched using a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Q: What was the orbital inclination of Soyuz TM-9?

A: The orbital inclination was 51.63 degrees relative to the Earth's equator.

Soyuz TM-9

1990 flight to Russia Space Station Mir

Vehicle soyuz_tm Q1475435

Facts

29 properties

Instance of: Soyuz-TM, human spaceflight^[3]
Country: Soviet Union^[2]
Follows: Soyuz TM-8^[5]
Followed by: Soyuz TM-10^[6]
Launch date: 1990-02-11
Part of: Soyuz programme^[7]
Duration: 15,470,277 second
Apoapsis: 387 km
Crew member: Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin
Crew members: Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin^[15]^[16]
Landing date: 1990-08-09
Launch vehicle: Soyuz-U2
Location of landing: Kazakhstan^[17]
Mass: 7,150 kg
Native label: Союз TM-9
Operator: Soviet space program^[4]
Orbital inclination: 51.63 degree
Orbital period: 92.2 minute
Orbits completed: 2,895^[18]
Periapsis: 373 km
Satellite of: low Earth orbit
Significant event: rocket launch, landing^[13]^[14]
Space launch vehicle: Soyuz-U2^[8]
Start point: Baikonur Cosmodrome^[19]

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Time of object orbit decay: 1981^[12]
Type of orbit: low Earth orbit^[9]
UTC date of spacecraft landing: August 9, 1990^[11]
UTC date of spacecraft launch: February 11, 1990^[10]
Vessel: Soyuz-TM

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 4

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Soyuz-tm-9 integration.jpg ↗
COSPAR ID: 1990-014A
Freebase ID: /m/03h2dk
SCN: 20494

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🔗 Connections

Crew members 2

Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin

Instance of 2

human spaceflight, Soyuz-TM

Significant event 2

landing, rocket launch

← Astronaut mission 2

Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin

Belongs to 1

Soyuz programme

Country 1

Soviet Union

Followed by 1

Soyuz TM-10

Followed by (predecessor) 1

Soyuz TM-10

Follows 1

Soyuz TM-8

Location of landing 1

Kazakhstan

Operator 1

Soviet space program

Part of 1

Soyuz programme

Preceded by (successor) 1

Soyuz TM-8

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-9 is a Soyuz-TM^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — country (P17): Soviet Union. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — instance of (P31): human spaceflight. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — operator (P137): Soviet space program. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — follows (P155): Soyuz TM-8. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — followed by (P156): Soyuz TM-10. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — part of (P361): Soyuz programme. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — space launch vehicle (P375): Soyuz-U2. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — type of orbit (P522): low Earth orbit. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — UTC date of spacecraft launch (P619): February 11, 1990. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — UTC date of spacecraft landing (P620): August 9, 1990. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — time of object orbit decay (P621): 1981. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — significant event (P793): rocket launch. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — significant event (P793): landing. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — crew members (P1029): Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — crew members (P1029): Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — location of landing (P1158): Kazakhstan. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — orbits completed (P1418): {'amount': '+2895'}. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 — start point (P1427): Baikonur Cosmodrome. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Soyuz TM-9 is an instance of Soyuz-TM (Q2705481) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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