Soyuz TMA-19M

Soyuz TMA-19M

The Soyuz TMA-19M approaches the ISS on 15 December 2015, seen behind the solar panels of Cygnus CRS OA-4
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2015-076A
SATCAT no.	41124
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TMA-M 11F747 No.719
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Yuri Malenchenko Timothy Kopra Timothy Peake
Callsign	Agate
Start of mission
Launch date	December 15, 2015 11:03:09 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date	18 June 2016 09:15 UTC
Landing site	Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Rassvet nadir
Docking date	December 15, 2015 17:33:29 UTC
Undocking date	18 June 2016 5:52 UTC
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Soyuz TMA-19M was a 2015 Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station. It was launched on December 15, 2015 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, transporting three members of the Expedition 46 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-19M was the 128th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft since the first in 1967. The crew consisted of a Russian commander accompanied by American and British astronauts. The flight returned to Earth on June 18, 2016.

Soyuz TMA-19M was launched atop of a Soyuz-FG rocket at 11:03:09 UTC on 15 December 2015 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Following the launch, the Soyuz spacecraft successfully achieved orbital insertion 9 minutes later and began its 4-orbit journey to the Space Station. Unusually, while docking, the Kurs docking navigation system failed, and a manual docking had to be performed by Yuri Malenchenko. This delayed docking with the ISS by 10 minutes. The Soyuz docked with the ISS at 17:33:29 UTC the same day. The crew then boarded the ISS at 19:58 UTC.

Soyuz TMA-19M undocked on June 18, 2016 at 5:52 UTC, after being docked for 186 days. the crew landed safely in Kazakhstan, southeast of the town of Dzhezkazgan on 09:15 UTC.