Soyuz TM-27 launch

Agapov Vladimir (avm@kiam1.rssi.ru)
Tue, 27 Jan 1998 14:53:02 +0300 (MSK)

Hello,

Here is a schedule of operations for upcoming Soyuz TM-28 launch. All
times are preliminary ones.

Jan 29 16:33:40 UTC  launch of Soyuz TM-27
Jan 29 16:52         undocking of Shuttle from Mir
Jan 29 20:09:24      1st Soyuz manoeuvre, dV=24.3 m/s
Jan 29 20:59:12      2nd Soyuz manoeuvre, dV=16.5 m/s
Jan 30 12:53:30      undocking of Progress M-37 from Mir
Jan 30 17:32:29      3rd manoeuvre of Soyuz, dV=2.0 m/s
Jan 31 16:02:41      4th manoeuvre of Soyuz, dV=25.0 m/s
Jan 31 16:48:05      5th manoeuvre of Soyuz, dV=24.8 m/s
Jan 31 18:08         docking of Soyuz TM-27 to Mir
Feb 01               second test of new DPO engines on Progress
Feb 01               Progress M-37 deorbit burn

Event sequence during the launch of Soyuz

Lift-off                       0.0
Strap-ons separation         118.91
Shroud separation            162.86
2nd stage separation         287.47
Tail interst. adapter separ. 299.97
Spacecraft separation        529.48

Nominal EFG vector for Soyuz orbit insertion:

Date       1998.01.29
Time, MET  00:08:49.48
X, km      376.54
Y, km     4119.51
Z, km     5090.41
Vx, km/s  -7.44920
Vy, km/s  -0.38149
Vz, km/s   0.85905

Best regards,
    Vladimir Agapov.