Soyuz MS-16
Irkut approaches the ISS | |
| Names | ISS 62S |
|---|---|
| Mission type | ISS crew transport |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2020-023A |
| SATCAT no. | 45476 |
| Mission duration | 195 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz MS-16 No. 745 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz MS |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,280 kg (16,050 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | |
| Callsign | Irkut |
| Expedition | Expedition 62/63 |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 9 April 2020, 08:05:06 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a No. B15000-042 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31/6 |
| Contractor | RKTs Progress |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 22 October 2020, 02:54:12 UTC |
| Landing site | Kazakh Steppe, 150 km (93 mi) southeast of Zhezkazgan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Poisk zenith |
| Docking date | 9 April 2020, 14:13:18 UTC |
| Undocking date | 21 October 2020, 23:31:41 UTC |
| Time docked | 195 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, which transported three members of the Expedition 62/63 crew to the International Space Station.
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.