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Soyuz MS-11

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Soyuz MS-11
The launch of Soyuz MS-11
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2018-098A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.43756Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration203d 15h 15m 58s[1]
Distance travelled86,430,555 statue miles [2]
Orbits completed3264[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-MS 11F747 No. 741
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersOleg Kononenko
Anne McClain
David Saint-Jacques
CallsignAntares
Start of mission
Launch date3 December 2018, 11:31 UTC[3]
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur Pad 1/5
End of mission
Landing date25 June 2019, 02:47:50 UTC [1]
Landing site148 km SE of Dzheskasgan [1]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Inclination51.6º[1]
Docking with ISS
Docking portPoisk zenith
Docking date3 December 2018, 17:33 UTC
Undocking date24 June 2019, 23:25:30 UTC [1]
Time docked203d 5h 52m

(l-r) McClain, Kononenko and Saint-Jacques

Soyuz MS-11 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 3 December 2018, marking the 100th orbital launch of the year.[3] Originally scheduled for 20 December, the launch date was advanced to 3 December following the failure of Soyuz MS-10.[4] MS-11 was the 140th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft and carried the three members of the Expedition 58 crew to the International Space Station. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, and an American and a Canadian flight engineer.[3]

Crew

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Position Crew member
Commander Russia Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos
Expedition 58
Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Canada David Saint-Jacques, CSA
Expedition 58
First spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 United States Anne McClain, NASA
Expedition 58
First spaceflight

Backup crew

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Position Crew member
Commander Russia Aleksandr Skvortsov, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1 Italy Luca Parmitano, ESA
Flight Engineer 2 United States Andrew R. Morgan, NASA

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Soyuz MS-11
  2. ^ File:Statistics from the Exp 58 and 59 crew.png
  3. ^ a b c Gebhardt, Chris. "100th orbital launch of 2018: International trio set for launch to Space Station – NASASpaceFlight.com". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Назначены даты отправки и возвращения с МКС космонавтов после аварии на Байконуре" [Dates assigned for next flights of cosmonauts to and from the ISS after the Baikonur incident] (in Russian). Interfax. October 21, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018.