Soyuz TM-2

USSR

Manned Flight nº: 116

Earth orbit Flight nº: 113

USSR Flight nº: 62

Launch & orbit data:

Designation	17482 / 87013A
Launch date - time	05 Feb 1987 - 21:38:16 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC1/5
Launch vehicle	Soyuz 11A511U2
OKB name - S/N°	Soyuz 7K-STM (11F732 #52)
Mass (kg)	7.100
Flight Crew (EO-2)	Romanenko, Yuri (CDR) Laveikin, Aleksandr (FE)
Call Sign	Taimyr (Taimyr - Russian peninsula)
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	341 / 365 km
- Inclination	51.6°
- Period	91.6 min

Docking & landing data:

Docking date - time	07 Feb 1987 - 23:27:40 UT
Target spacecraft/port	MIR/fore
Undocking date - time	29 Jul 1987 - 20:44 UT
Deorbit burn date - time	30 Jul 1987 - 00:13:51 UT
Recovery date - time	30 Jul 1987 - 01:04:12 UT
Landing location	140 km NE of Arkalyk 51°N, 65°E
Flight Duration (crew + vehicle)	174d 03h 26m
Nbr orbits	2755
Landing crew	Laveikin A., Viktorenko A., Faris (crew TM-2 & TM-3)

Romanenko landed with Soyuz TM-3 on 29 Dec 1987

Launch Crew

Nr.	Surname	Given name	Job	Duration	Orbits
1	Romanenko	Yuri Viktorovich	Commander	326d 11h 38m	5166
2	Laveykin	Aleksandr Ivanovich	Flight engineer	174d 03h 26m	2755

Backup Crew

Nr.	Name	Job
1	Titov, Vladimir G.	Commander
2	Serebrov, Aleksandr A.	Flight engineer

2nd Backup crew: Volkov A. & Yemelyanov S.

Test of deployment of Mir solar array on zero-G aircraft. - Credit: RKK Energia.

Mir Expedition EO-02. Docked with Mir 7 February 1987. Carried Yuri Romanenko, Aleksander Laveykin to Mir; returned Laveykin, crew of Soyuz TM-3 to Earth. Undocked from Mir 8:34 GMT 29 July. Orbital Module left in a 308 X 356 orbit. Recovered July 30, 1987 01:54 GMT.

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing with Soyuz TM-3-spacecraft 140 km northeast of Arkalyk; docking on MIR-Progress 27 spacestation; second resident crew; three EVA's were performed on 12.04. (3h 40m), 12.06. (1h 53m) and 16.06.1987 (3h 15m); because of Lavejkin′s heart failure crew was partly (Laveykin) exchanged.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Baikonur, signed by crew.

Undocking & Recovery cancel Arkalyk. Signed by the crew Laveikin A., Viktorenko A. and Faris

Ref.: #1, #7, #8, #10, #16, #210 - update: 29.01.19

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