Soyuz TM-24

Soyuz TM-24
	Rosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID	1996-047A
SATCAT no.	24280
Mission duration	196 days, 17 hours, 26 minutes, 13 seconds
Orbits completed	~3,160
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Soyuz 7K-STM No. 73
Spacecraft type	RKK Energia
Launch mass	7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Valery Korzun; Aleksandr Kaleri
Launching	Claudie André-Deshays
Landing	Reinhold Ewald
Callsign	Фрега́т (Fregat - Frigate)
Start of mission
Launch date	17 August 1996, 13:18:03 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
End of mission
Landing date	2 March 1997, 06:44:16 UTC
Landing site	47°49′N 69°24′E / 47.82°N 69.40°E
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	235.1 kilometres (146.1 mi)
Apogee altitude	287.4 kilometres (178.6 mi)
Inclination	51.56 degrees
Docking with Mir
	Soyuz programme; (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TM-23 Soyuz TM-25 →

Soyuz TM-24 was the 27th expedition to

Yuri Usachev. André-Deshays carried out biological and medical experiments on Mir for 16 days (the Cassiopée mission) before returning to Earth with Onufriyenko and Usachev.^[1]

Crew


Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Valery Korzun First spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Aleksandr Kaleri Second spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut	Claudie André-Deshays First spaceflight	Reinhold Ewald Only spaceflight

References

^ "Soyuz-TM 24". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

47°49′N 69°24′E / 47.817°N 69.400°E / 47.817; 69.400

[1] "Soyuz-TM 24". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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v t e Human spaceflights to Mir
1986–1990	Soyuz T-15 Soyuz TM-2 Soyuz TM-3 Soyuz TM-4 Soyuz TM-5 Soyuz TM-6 Soyuz TM-7 Soyuz TM-8 Soyuz TM-9 Soyuz TM-10 Soyuz TM-11
1991–1995	Soyuz TM-12 Soyuz TM-13 Soyuz TM-14 Soyuz TM-15 Soyuz TM-16 Soyuz TM-17 Soyuz TM-18 Soyuz TM-19 Soyuz TM-20 STS-63 Soyuz TM-21 STS-71 Soyuz TM-22 STS-74
1996–2000	Soyuz TM-23 STS-76 Soyuz TM-24 STS-79 STS-81 Soyuz TM-25 STS-84 Soyuz TM-26 STS-86 STS-89 Soyuz TM-27 STS-91 Soyuz TM-28 Soyuz TM-29 Soyuz TM-30

v t e ← 1995 Orbital launches in 1996 1997 →
January	STS-72 (SPARTAN-206) PAS-3R, MEASAT-1 Koreasat 2 Kosmos 2327 Gorizont #43L
February	Palapa C1 N-STAR b Intelsat 708 NEAR Shoemaker Kosmos 2328, Kosmos 2329, Kosmos 2330, Gonets-D1 #1, Gonets-D1 #2, Gonets-D1 #3 Gran' #44L Soyuz TM-23 STS-75 (TSS-1R) Polar
March	REX II Intelsat 707 Kosmos 2331 IRS-P3 STS-76 USA-117
April	Inmarsat-3 F1 Astra 1F MSAT-1 Priroda MSX Kosmos 2332 USA-118 BeppoSAX
May	Progress M-31 USA-119, USA-120, USA-121, USA-122, USA-123, USA-124 Kometa #18 Amos-1 MSTI-3 STS-77 (SPARTAN-207, IAE, PAMS-STU) Galaxy 9 Gorizont #44L
June	Cluster F1, Cluster F2, Cluster F3, Cluster F4 Intelsat 709 STS-78 Kobal't
July	TOMS-EP USA-125 Apstar 1A Arabsat 2A, Türksat 1C USA-126 USA-127 Progress M-32
August	Télécom 2D, Italsat 2 Molniya 1-79 Midori, Fuji 2 Soyuz TM-24 Chinasat-7 FAST Interbol 2, Maigon 5, Victor
September	Kosmos 2333 Kosmos 2334, UNAMSAT-2 Inmarsat-3 F2 GE-1 EchoStar II USA-128 STS-79 Ekspress-6
October	FSW-17 Molniya 3-62
November	HETE, SAC-B Mars Global Surveyor Arabsat 2B, MEASAT-2 Mars 96 STS-80 (WSF, ORFEUS-SPAS) Progress M-33 Hot Bird 2
December	Mars Pathfinder (Sojourner) Kosmos 2335 Inmarsat-3 F3 Kosmos 2336 USA-129 Bion No.11
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