Shanghai Astronautics Bureau
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Chinese manufacturer. Shanghai Astronautics Bureau, Shanghai, China.
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2005 October 1
03:54 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-FG.- Soyuz TMA-7 - .
Call Sign: Rassvet. Crew: McArthur,
Olsen,
Tokarev.
Return Crew: McArthur,
Pontes,
Tokarev.
Payload: Soyuz TMA s/n 217. Mass: 7,250 kg (15,980 lb). Nation: Russia.
Related Persons: McArthur,
Olsen,
Pontes,
Tokarev.
Agency: NASA,
RAKA,
Shanghai Astronautics Bureau.
Manufacturer: Korolev bureau.
Program: ISS.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TMA-6,
Soyuz TMA-7,
Soyuz TMA-8 ISS EP-10.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA.
Duration: 189.83 days. Decay Date: 2006-04-08 . USAF Sat Cat: 28877 . COSPAR: 2005-039A. Apogee: 348 km (216 mi). Perigee: 347 km (215 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.50 min.
Launch delayed from September 27. Soyuz TMA-7 docked with the International Space Station at 05:27 GMT on 3 October, bringing the long duration EO-12 crew of (McArthur, Commander; Tokarev, Flight Engineer) and space tourist Olsen. McArthur, Tokarev and Pontes (brought to the station aboard Soyuz TMA-8) transferred to TMA-7 on April 8, 2006, closing the hatches at 17:15 GMT and undocking from Zvezda at 20:28 GMT, leaving Vinogradov and Williams from Soyuz TMA-8 as the Expedition 13 in charge of the station. Soyuz TMA-7 fired its engines at 22:58 GMT for the deorbit burn and landed in Kazakhstan at 23:48 GMT.