Soyuz MS-11

Soyuz MS-11
The launch of Soyuz MS-11
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2018-098A
SATCAT no.43756
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, Site 1/5
ContractorRKTs Progress
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

Mission insignia

(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, an American flight engineer, and a Canadian flight engineer.[3]

Crew

Prime crew
Position Crew
Commander Oleg Kononenko, Roscosmos
Expedition 58
Fourth spaceflight
Flight engineer David Saint-Jacques, CSA
Expedition 58
First spaceflight
Flight engineer Anne McClain, NASA
Expedition 58
First spaceflight
Backup crew
Position Crew
Commander Aleksandr Skvortsov, Roscosmos
Flight engineer Luca Parmitano, ESA
Flight engineer Andrew R. Morgan, NASA

References

  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.