Soyuz TMA-20

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  37254 / 10067A Launch date - time  15 Dec 2010 - 19:09 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC1/5 Launch vehicle Soyuz-FG (#xx) Soyuz designation 11F732 nº230 Mass (kg)  7250? kg Earth orbit on Dec 15.97:    - Perigee / Apogee  221 x 263 km    - Eccentricity  0.003    - Inclination  51.65°    - Period  89.33 min Docking date - time  17 Dec 2010 - 20:11 UT Target spacecraft/port  ISS/MRM 1 Rassvet port Docking orbit on Dec 17.67:    - Perigee / Apogee  343 x 354 km    - Eccentricity  0.0008    - Inclination  51.65°    - Period  91.52 min Undocking date - time  23 May 2011 - 21:35 UT Deorbit burn date - time  24 May 2011 - 01:36 UT Landing date - time  24 May 2011 - 02:27 UT Landing location  47°21'57,84"N 69°27'49,26"E Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  159d 07h 17m Nbr orbits  2508 Landing crew  launch crew

Launched Crew

Soyuz crew

Soyuz backup-crew

Backup Crew

Mission Report:

• ISS Expedition 26.
• Soyuz TMA-20 was launched on Dec 15, 2010 carrying Kondratyev, Nespoli and Coleman. It docked with the Rassvet module at 2011 UTC on Dec 17.
  
  

  Rollout Soyuz

  Erection of Soyuz on launchpad

  Soyuz TMA-17 on launchpad

  
  
  
• On Dec 22-23, the SPDM robot hand was used to relocate a cargo container (CTC-3) between two locations on the ELC-2 storage pallet.
  
  

  Cabine in orbit

  
  
  
• On May 23, 2011 Expedition 27 Commander Dmitri Kondratyev, Ex-27 Flight Engineer-5 Paolo Nespoli and Ex-27 Flight Engineer-6 Coleman boarded Soyuz TMA-20, as commander, FE-1 and FE-2 of the TMA-20 ship. At 2135 UTC on May 23 they undocked from the Rassvet module. Between 2142 and 2217 UTC they stationkept 200m from the Station, with Nespoli taking photography of the complex while the entire ISS was rotated through 180 deg to give the Soyuz a good view. At 0136 UTC on May 24, TMA-20 fired its engines to lower perigee into the atmosphere. The orbital module and propulsion section separated from the descent module at 0201 UTC, with atmospheric entry interface two minutes later and landing in Kazakhstan at 0227 UTC.

Soyuz on parachute

Soyuz landing

Soyuz TMA-17 capsule

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