Soyuz TM-7
| COSPAR ID | 1988-104A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 19660 |
| Mission duration | 151 days, 11 hours, 8 minutes, 24 seconds |
| Orbits completed | ~2,450 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM No. 57 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,000 kilograms (15,000 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Alexander Volkov Sergei Krikalev |
| Launching | Jean-Loup Chrétien |
| Landing | Valeri Polyakov |
| Callsign | Донба́сс (Donbass) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 26 November 1988, 15:49:34 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 27 April 1989, 02:57:58 UTC |
| Landing site | 140 kilometres (87 mi) NE of Dzhezkazgan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 194 kilometres (121 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 235 kilometres (146 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 88.8 minutes |
| Docking with Mir | |
| Docking date | 28 November 1988, 17:15:00 UTC |
| Undocking date | 26 April 1989, 23:28:01 UTC |
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Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz TM-7 was a crewed Soyuz spaceflight to Mir. It launched on 26 November 1988, at 15:49:34, and was the start of the fourth long duration expedition to Mir, Mir EO-4. The crew would join the third crew member of EO-4, cosmonaut/physician Valeri Polyakov, who was on Mir for the second half of EO-3. Also launched by Soyuz TM-7 was French astronaut Jean-Loup Chrétien, who would take part in the 24-day French mission known as Mir Aragatz. The spacecraft Soyuz TM-7 remained docked to Mir for the duration of EO-4. At the end of EO-4 in April 1989, due to delays in the launch schedule, Mir was left uncrewed, and all three EO-4 crew members were transported back to Earth.