Soyuz MS-16

Soyuz MS-16
Irkut approaches the ISS
NamesISS 62S
Mission typeISS crew transport
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2020-023A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.45476Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration195 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz MS-16 No. 745[1][2]
Spacecraft typeSoyuz MS
ManufacturerEnergia
Launch mass7,280 kg (16,050 lb)
Crew
Crew size3
Members
CallsignIrkut
ExpeditionExpedition 62/63
Start of mission
Launch date9 April 2020, 08:05:06 (9 April 2020, 08:05:06) UTC[3]
RocketSoyuz-2.1a No. B15000-042[1]
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 31/6
ContractorRKTs Progress
End of mission
Landing date22 October 2020, 02:54:12 (22 October 2020, 02:54:12) UTC[4]
Landing siteKazakh Steppe, 150 km (93 mi) southeast of Zhezkazgan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Inclination51.66°
Docking with ISS
Docking portPoisk zenith
Docking date9 April 2020, 14:13:18 UTC[5]
Undocking date21 October 2020, 23:31:41 UTC[5]
Time docked195 days, 9 hours and 18 minutes

Mission patch

From left: Cassidy, Ivanishin and Vagner

Soyuz MS-16 was a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 9 April 2020,[3] which transported three members of the Expedition 62/63 crew to the International Space Station.[6]

This flight was the first crewed launch using the Soyuz 2.1a launch vehicle, and the first crewed Russian mission not to launch from Gagarin's Start since Soyuz MS-02 in 2016.[7]

  1. ^ a b Navin, Joseph (4 March 2020). "Preparations continue amid crew shuffle for Soyuz MS-16". NASASpaceFlight. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020. The Soyuz 2.1a built specifically for the Soyuz MS-16 mission is B15000-042 (V15000-042) [...] The serial number for the specific Soyuz spacecraft that is going to be flown on MS-16 is No.745.
  2. ^ Gebhardt, Chris (8 April 2020). "Russia conducts first Soyuz 2.1a human launch; MS-16 crew arrives at Station". NASASpaceFlight. Archived from the original on 20 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020. Soyuz will use the call sign "Irkut" for this mission, after the river Commander Ivanishin's home city is named after
  3. ^ a b "Утвержден экипаж космического корабля "Союз МС-16"" [The crew of MS-16 Soyuz spacecraft has been approved] (in Russian). Interfax. 27 June 2019. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference SFN20201021 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Becker, Joachim (20 February 2020). "ISS: Expedition 62". spacefacts.de. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  7. ^ Becker, Joachim (20 April 2018). "Soyuz MS-02". spacefacts.de. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

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