Launch News Soyuz TMA-07M, Soyuz-FG, December 19, 2012 (launch and mission updates)

[Cosmic Penguin]

Continuing a series of multi-national crews on working in humanity's orbital laboratory, a tri-national crew will be launched on Wednesday towards a two day flight to the International Space Station. On the controls will be cosmonaut Roman Romanenko (on his second expedition after a quick rise to the ISS commander position in 2009, and following the steps of his father Yuri Romanenko on multiple spaceflights), along with veteran Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield (on his third flight in 18 years, and will become the first Canadian ISS commander later on his expedition) and NASA astronaut Thomas Marshburn (returning to space after flying on STS-127 in 2009).
This is the 116th manned Soyuz mission to fly, and the seventh of the Soyuz-TMA-M series. The orbital and service modules were taken from Soyuz-TMA #704, which its original descent module was written off in a pressurization test in January.

Launch location:

Baikonur Launch pad no. 1/5 45°55'12.85"N, 63°20'32.27"E

Launch dates and times:

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Australia - Sydney/AEST (UTC+11) ​

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Baikonur / UTC+6 ​

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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+4) ​

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Universal / UTC ​

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Washington / EST (UTC-5) ​

Launch time (Primary): ​

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23:12:36​

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18:12:36​

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14:12:36​

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12:12:36​

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07:12:36​

on: ​

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Dec. 19, 2012​

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Dec. 19, 2012​

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Dec. 19, 2012​

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Dec. 19, 2012​

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Dec. 19, 2012​

Launch time (Backup): ​

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22:50:03​

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17:50:03​

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13:50:03​

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11:50:03​

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06:50:03​

on: ​

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Dec. 20, 2012​

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Dec. 20, 2012​

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Dec. 20, 2012​

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Dec. 20, 2012​

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Dec. 20, 2012​

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{colsp=6}Docking times

Time Zone |

Australia - Sydney/AEST (UTC+11) ​

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Moscow / MSKS (UTC+4)/ ​

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Universal / UTC ​

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Washington / EST (UTC-5) ​

Docking time (Primary): ​

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03:12 +-3 min​

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18:12 +-3 min​

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14:12 +-3 min​

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09:12 +-3 min​

on: ​

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Dec. 22, 2012​

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Dec. 21, 2012​

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Dec. 21, 2012​

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Dec. 21, 2012​

Docking time (Backup): ​

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04:24 +-3 min​

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17:24 +-3 min​

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13:24 +-3 min​

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08:24 +-3 min​

on: ​

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Dec. 23, 2012​

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Dec. 22, 2012​

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Dec. 22, 2012​

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Dec. 22, 2012​

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Live Coverage Of The Launch:

• NASA TV: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html (coverage starts 6 a.m. EST / 11:00 UTC)
• TSENKI Video Streams: http://www.tsenki.com/broadcast/broadcast/ - coverage starts at 13:12 MSKS (09:12 UTC)
• Vesti (short stand-up right before launch): http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=onair

Soyuz TMA-07M (industry id 11F747 #704A, NASA id Soyuz 33S) manned spaceship

The crew:

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Commander Roman Romanenko, Roscosmos (previous flight experience: Soyuz TMA-15 / ISS Exp. 20/21)​

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Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield, CSA (previous flight experience: STS-74, STS-100)​

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Flight Engineer Thomas Marshburn, NASA (previous flight experience: STS-127)​

The mission patch:

Mission Profile

Ascent Chart:

1. Approach and Docking Chart:

The times below are Moscow Time (UTC+4), commas separate fractional part of numbers:

The expected spacecraft separation time: 16h 21m 24.26s

2. Orbital Parameters of Soyuz TMA-07M and the ISS

Parameter|Designation|Soyuz TMA-05M at 19/12|ISS at 21/12
Orbital Period|T, min|88.64 +-0.367|92.72
Inclination|i, degrees|51.66 +-0.058|51.66
Min altitude|h, km|200 +7 -22|402.28
Max altitude|H, km|242 +-42|439.67

Phase angle between the space ship and the ISS is about 280 degrees.
Projected duration of the space ship at the nominal orbit is no less than 20 orbits (~30 hrs)

3. Transfer maneuvers
(two days long approach scheme applied)

* Nominal two-burn maneuver and two-burn orbit phasing correction

Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
19.12.12|19:47:43|3|30.81|76.6|89.69|51.66|217.63|308.32
19.12.12|20:35:49|4|23.69|58.6|90.51|51.65|284.37|338.79

* The 2nd day's one-burn correction

Date|Burn at|Orbit #|Delta V, m/s|Burn duration, s|post-burn T,min|post-burn i,deg|post-burn h,km|post-burn H,km
20.12.12|17:30:46|17|2.00|28.9|90.58|51.66|290.22|339.84

Autonomous approach program is initiated at 15:51:08.

4. Approach at the Close range

Fly-around, station keeping and docking are to be performed from December 21st, 2012 at 17 hrs 50 min 59 sec before making contact

5. Docking

Contact and capture are to be performed on December 21st, 2012 at 18 hrs 12 min +-3 min.

Docking is performed to MIM-1 Rassvet -Y docking node

Launch Vehicle:

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Soyuz-U​

Prime contractor:​

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• Samara Space Sentre (Energia Holding enterprise)
  

GRAU Index:​

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• 11A511U-FG

Height:​

| 51.1 m

Diameter:​

| max 10.3 m

Liftoff mass:​

| 313 metric tonnes

Payload mass:​

| 6.95 tonnes at ISS orbit from Baikonur

1st stage (boosters B, V, G, D):​

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• 4 X RD-107A engines
• Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
• Thrust/ISP in vacuum - / 316 s
• Thrust/ISP at sea level 79.4 tonnes / 253 s
• Total 1st stage's thrust at sea level: 411.1 tonnes

2nd stage (core A):​

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• 1 X RD-108A engine
• Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
• Thrust/ISP in vacuum 102 tonnes / 314 s
• Thrust/ISP at sea level 83.5 tonnes / 257 s

3rd stage (block I):​

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• 1 X RD-0110 engine
• Propellants (T-1 Kerosene and LOX)
• Thrust/ISP in vacuum 30.38 tonnes / 359 s

The vehicle's reliability statistics according to http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2012.html#rate:

================================================================ 
Vehicle     Successes/Tries Realzd Pred  Consc. Last     Dates    
                             Rate  Rate* Succes Fail    
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Soyuz-FG         31    31   1.00  .97     31    None     2001-

Weather forecast for Baikonur, Kazakhstan on December 19, 2012 (6 p.m.)

Clear in the evening, then partly cloudy. Low of -22C with a windchill as low as -34C. Windy. Winds from the ENE at 30 to 35 km/h.

Time|Temps|Dew Point|Wind Chill|Relative Humidity|Precip|Snow|Cloud cover|Pressure|Wind|Weather
5 PM|-17°C|-28°C|-28°C|38%|0%|0%|43%|1049 hPa|29 km/h NE|

Partly Cloudy

References
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/sojuztma_07m/start.htm
http://www.federalspace.ru
http://tvroscosmos.ru
http://www.tsenki.com
http://www.samspace.ru
http://www.npoenergomash.ru/engines/
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com
http://www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru
http://www.spacelaunchreport.com
http://english.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=44.84999847,65.50000000

 

[Kyle]

Wind Chill at -28C

Yup, just your typical day in Kazakhstan.

 

[orb]

Multimedia

Videos:

Photos:

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/sets/72157632263328027/
• http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss34/photo_12-07.html
• http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss34/photo_12-09.html
• http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss34/photo_12-10.html
• http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss34/photo_12-12.html
• http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss34/photo_12-16.html
• http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/iss34/photo_12-17.html

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Photo dumping!

T - 1 hour and counting!

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Crew activities

 

[orb]

Liftoff!

 

[N_Molson]

Ascent is nominal.

---------- Post added at 12:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:20 PM ----------

Third stage cutoff and separation !

---------- Post added at 12:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:21 PM ----------

Antennas and solar arrays deployed. Capsule in orbit. Crew in good condition. Another one for Soyuz ! :thumbup:

 

[orb]

NASASpaceflight: Soyuz TMA-07M launches with three new crewmembers for ISS, article by Orbinaut Pete

 

[orb]

Replays of the launch

NASAtelevision:

tvroscosmos:

SpaceVidsNet:

 

[orb]

Florida Today: Docking today: Soyuz crew nears International Space Station

Docking coverage is now on NASA TV.

Spaceflight Now: Mission Status Center:

1331 GMT (8:31 a.m. EST)The Soyuz is 4.3 miles from the station.

 

[SiberianTiger]

Good luck to them!

 

[orb]

Contact occurred at 14:08:45 UTC. :thumbup:



RussianSpaceWeb.com: New crew arrives at ISS

SPACE.com: Three Spaceflyers Arrive at International Space Station

Aviation Week: U.S., Canadian, Russian Soyuz Crew Reaches ISS

Florida Today: Soyuz safely docks with International Space Station

 

[orb]

Replay of the docking

NASAtelevision:

SpaceVidsNet:

 

[sitha241]

My frend got this from listening on soyuz freq.
Can anyone confirm is that a crew of expedition 34 and say what are they talking about?
audio was recoded 30 min ago..

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hc0up4oayhvrghy/ONYBk-bQjx/ISS audio/ISS ruski govor.wav

 

[math12]

Another beautiful and successful launch!

 

[orb]

NASA News Release:
MEDIA ADVISORY : M13-071
NASA Television to Air Space Station Soyuz Landing

May 8, 2013

WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will provide live coverage May 12-14 as three crew members aboard the International Space Station end five months in orbit and return to Earth for a scheduled landing May 13.

Expedition 35 Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency, Tom Marshburn of NASA and Roman Romanenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will undock their Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft from the station at 7:08 p.m. EDT May 13, heading for a landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan southeast of Dzhezkazgan at 10:31 p.m. (8:31 a.m. Kazakh time, May 14). They will have spent 146 days in space since their Dec. 19 launch from Kazakhstan.

Undocking will mark the official start of Expedition 36 under the command of Pavel Vinogradov of Roscosmos. Vinogradov and his crewmates, Chris Cassidy of NASA and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, will tend to the station as a three-person crew for two weeks until the arrival of three new crew members, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency.

NASA TV coverage will begin Sunday, May 12, with the change of command ceremony between Hadfield and Vinogradov. Coverage will continue May 13 and 14 with Expedition 35 landing and post-landing activities.

NASA TV's full coverage schedule is as follows (all times EDT):

Sunday, May 12:

• 3:40 p.m. -- Expedition 35/36 change of command ceremony

Monday, May 13:

• 3:30 p.m. -- Farewells and hatch closure (hatch closure scheduled at 3:50 p.m.)
• 6:45 p.m. -- Undocking (undocking scheduled at 7:08 p.m.)
• 9:15 p.m. -- Deorbit burn and landing (deorbit burn scheduled at 9:37 p.m., landing scheduled at 10:31 p.m.)
• Midnight --Video file of hatch closure, undocking and landing activities

Tuesday, May 14:

• Noon -- Video file of post-landing activities and interviews

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[Cosmic Penguin]

It looks like no-one is caring about the landing.

Welcome back Chris, Tom and Roman!

 

[IronRain]

It looks like no-one is caring about the landing.

Welcome back Chris, Tom and Roman!

I'm sorry, I was sleeping, so I've missed it. Welcome back guys!

 

[llarian]

Not so fast! Some of us were watching on both CTV and NASA-TV. Beautiful morning for a landing! Roman did a great job.

Welcome back from a successful mission.