Photo: Joel Kowsky · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Human Exploration · LEO
Soyuz TMA-20M begins expedition 47 by carrying 3 cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skriprochka alongside NASA astronaut Jeff Williams will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOYUZ-TMA 20M 2016-018A | Payload | re-entered 2016-09-07 | |
| SL-4 R/B 2016-018B | Rocket body | re-entered 2016-03-21 |
COSPAR ID 2016-018. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).