Launch of the Soyuz Spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M) with Astronaut
Kimiya Yui aboard
July 23, 2015 (JST)
National Research and Development Agency
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The Russian Federal Space Agency (FSA) launched the Soyuz spacecraft (43S/TMA-17M), which astronaut Kimiya Yui is aboard, as follows. The Soyuz has been injected into the scheduled orbit.
| Launch Date/Time: | 06:02 a.m. on July 23 (Thu.), 2015 (JST) 03:02 a.m. on July 23 (Thu.), 2015 (Kazakhstan Time) |
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| Launch Location: | Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan) |
| Docking Schedule with the International Space Station (ISS): | |
| 11:46 a.m. on July 23, 2015 (JST) 05:46 a.m. on July 23, 2015 (Moscow Standard Time) |
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| Crewmembers: | Oleg Kononenko (FSA) Kimiya Yui (JAXA) Kjell Lindgren (NASA) |
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