Soyuz TM-15

Soyuz TM-15
OperatorRosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID1992-046A
SATCAT no.22054
Mission duration188 days, 21 hours, 41 minutes, 15 seconds
Orbits completed~3,070
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz 7K-STM No. 65
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TM
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Launch mass7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size3 up
2 down
MembersAnatoly Solovyev
Sergei Avdeyev
LaunchingMichel Tognini
CallsignRodnik (Spring)
Start of mission
Launch dateJuly 27, 1992, 06:08:42 (1992-07-27UTC06:08:42Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U2
End of mission
Landing dateFebruary 1, 1993, 03:49:57 (1993-02-01UTC03:49:58Z) UTC
Landing sitenear Dzhezkazgan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude196 kilometres (122 mi)
Apogee altitude216 kilometres (134 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Docking with Mir
Docking dateJuly 29, 1992, 07:49:05 UTC
Undocking dateFebruary 1, 1993, 00:19:47 UTC
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz TM-15 was the 15th expedition to the Mir space station. It included spationaut Michel Tognini from France. The Soyuz TM-15 flight set what was then a new Soyuz spacecraft on orbit endurance record.