Soyuz MS-16
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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]
Quick Facts Mission type, Operator ...
Mission type | Crewed mission to ISS |
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Operator | Roscosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2020-023A |
SATCAT no. | 45465 |
Mission duration | 195 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz MS No.745 Irkut [1][2] |
Manufacturer | RSC Energia |
Launch mass | 7,280 kg (16,050 lb) |
Crew | |
Members | |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 9 April 2020, 08:05:06 UTC[3] |
Rocket | Soyuz-2.1a (B15000-042) [1] |
Launch site | Baikonur Site 31 |
Contractor | RSC Progress |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 22 October 2020, 02:54:12 UTC [4] |
Landing site | Kazakh Steppe, 150 km (93 mi) southeast of Zhezkazgan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[5] |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Inclination | 51.66° |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Poisk zenith |
Docking date | 9 April 2020, 14:13:18 UTC [5] |
Undocking date | 21 October 2020, 23:31:41 UTC[5] |
Time docked | 195 days, 9 hours and 18 minutes |
Cassidy, Ivanishin, Vagner |
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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 (which began modernization renovations after Soyuz MS-15) since Soyuz MS-02 in 2016.[7]