Photo: Joel Kowsky · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Human Exploration · LEO
Soyuz MS-09 begins expedition 56 by carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor to the International Space Station. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, they will rendezvous to the station where…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOYUZ-MS 09 2018-051A | Payload | re-entered 2018-12-20 | |
| SL-4 R/B 2018-051B | Rocket body | re-entered 2018-06-11 |
COSPAR ID 2018-051 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).