Soyuz TM-23
| Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1996-011A |
| SATCAT no. | 23798 |
| Mission duration | 193 days, 19 hours, 7 minutes, 35 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~3,155 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz TM-23 (7K-STM No. 72) |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 up 3 down |
| Members | Yuri Onufrienko Yury Usachov |
| Landing | Claudie André-Deshays |
| Callsign | Скиф (Skiph - Scythian) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | February 21, 1996, 12:34:05 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur Launch Pad 1 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | September 2, 1996, 07:41:40 UTC |
| Landing site | 50°17′N 70°50′E / 50.28°N 70.83°E |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 202 kilometres (126 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 240 kilometres (150 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking date | 23 February 1996, 14:20:35 UTC |
| Undocking date | 2 September 1996, 4:20:00 UTC |
| Time docked | 191.5 days |
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Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TM-23 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on February 21, 1996, to Mir. The spacecraft launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, and after two days of flight, Yuri Onufrienko and Yury Usachov docked with Mir and became the 21st resident crew of the Station. On September 2, 1996, after 191 days docked with Mir, the ship undocked with the launch crew and Claudie André-Deshays onboard, before eventually landing 107 km (66 mi) south west of Akmola, Kazakhstan.