Soyuz MS-03

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  41864 / 16070A Launch date - time  17 Nov 2016 - 20:20:13 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC1/5 Launch vehicle Soyuz-FG (#733) Soyuz designation 11F732A48 nº733 Mass (kg)   kg Docking date - time  19 Nov 2016 - 21:58:17 UT Target spacecraft/port  ISS/ Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee  195 x 228 km    - Eccentricity      - Inclination  51.6°    - Period   min Undocking date - time  02 Jun 2017 - 10:47 UT Deorbit burn date - time  02 Jun 2017 - 13:17 UT Landing date - time  02 Jun 2017 - 14:10:01 UT Landing location  Kazakhstan 47.22° N, 69.34° E (planned) Flight Duration cabine (d:hr:min)  196d 17h 49m 48s Nbr orbits  3061 (Novitsky & Pesquet); 4551 (Whitson) Landing crew  Novitsky & Pesquet (crew MS-03) Note: Whitson landed with Soyuz MS-04 on 03 Sep 2017

Whitson Peggy, Novitsky Oleg, Pesquet Thomas.

Soyuz MS-03 path

Launched Crew

Backup Crew

Nr. Name Job 1  Yurchikhin, Fyodor (Russia)  Commander 2  Fischer, Jack (US)  Flight engineer 3  Nespoli, Paolo (Italy)  Flight Engineer

Mission details:

• ISS Expedition 50/51.
• Soyuz MS-03 was launched on Nov 17, 2016 carrying Oleg Novitskiy (Roskosmos), Thomas Pesquet (ESA) and Peggy Whitson (NASA).
• During their two-day transit from the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the station, the crew tested a variety of upgraded systems on their Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft. The modified Soyuz is equipped with upgraded thrusters that are fully redundant, additional micrometeoroid debris shielding, redundant electrical motors for the Soyuz′ docking probe and increased power with more photovoltaic cells on the spacecraft′s solar arrays.
  Following a two days solo flight Soyuz MS-03 docked with the Rassvet module at 21:58 UTC Nov 19.
• On Jun 2, 2017 astronauts Novitskiy and Pesquet transferred to Soyuz MS-03 and undocked from the Rassvet module at 10:47 UTC. After a deorbit burn at 13:17 UTC they landed in Kazakhstan at 14:10 UTC. Peggy Whitson stay with Exp.52

Soyuz MS-03 on parachute.

Crew after landing

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Baikonur, registered mail

Launch cover, with special Baikonur cancel

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Landing cancel Baikonur, special cancel

Cosmic Mail:, with special MKC cancel. Credit: #401