Soyuz MS-03 Landing Profile
Launch: November 17, 2016
Crew: Oleg Novitskiy, Thomas Pesquet
Return to Earth: June 2, 2017
Undocking: 10:47 UTC
D/O Burn: 13:17 UTC
Re-Entry: 13:48 UTC
Landing: 14:10 UTC
Landing Site: South-Central Kazakhstan
(147km South East of Dzhezhkazgan)
Photo: NASA TV
| UTC | Undock +/- | Landing +/- | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06:15:00 | Soyuz Loading Complete | ||
| Communication Reconfig for Undock | |||
| Comm Checks | |||
| Soyuz Activation | |||
| Soyuz Transfer to Autonomous Power | |||
| 07:35:00 | -03:12:00 | Hatch Closure | |
| Interface Leak Checks | |||
| 09:08:44 | -1:48:16 | Russian Ground Station Pass Start | |
| 09:24:19 | -1:22:41 | End of Ground Station Pass | |
| 09:58:12 | -0:48:48 | Orbital Sunrise | |
| 10:42:00 | -0:05:00 | Docking Mechanism Activation | |
| 10:42:45 | -0:04:15 | Russian Ground Station Pass Start | |
| 10:44:30 | -00:02:30 | ISS Control to Fine Attitude Hold | |
| 10:45:30 | -00:01:30 | Command Undocking Sequence | |
| 10:47:00 | 00:00:00 | Physical Separation | |
| 10:47:10 | +0:00:10 | Soyuz to active Stabilization | |
| 10:48:40 | +0:01:40 | LVLH Snap&Hold | |
| 10:50:00 | +0:03:00 | Range: 20 Meters; Sep. Burn #1 | |
| 10:50:07 | +0:03:08 | Separation Burn #1 Complete | |
| 10:50:10 | +0:03:10 | Soyuz Roll to Burn #2 Attitude | |
| 10:51:20 | +0:04:20 | Separation Burn #2 | |
| 10:59:30 | +0:12:30 | ISS Maneuver to Comm Attitude | |
| 10:59:56 | +0:12:56 | Orbital Sunset | |
| 11:01:10 | +0:14:10 | End of Ground Station Pass | |
| 12:15:00 | +0:28:00 | Soyuz departs Approach Ellipsoid | |
| 12:12:07 | +1:25:07 | Russian Ground Station Pass Start | |
| 12:37:03 | +1:50:03 | End of Ground Station Pass | |
| 13:03:38 | +2:16:38 | Orbital Sunrise | |
| 13:17:09 | +2:30:09 | -0:53:00 | Deorbit Burn Duration: 4:37, dV: 128.0m/s |
| 13:21:46 | +2:34:46 | -0:48:23 | End Deorbit Burn (7.23km/s) |
| 13:44:33 | +2:57:33 | -0:25:36 | Module Separation (139.9km) |
| 13:47:25 | +3:00:25 | -0:22:44 | Entry Interface (99.7km, 7.62km/s) |
| 13:48:54 | +3:01:54 | -0:21:15 | Entry Guidance enabled (80.6km, 7.62km/s) |
| 13:53:37 | +3:06:37 | -0:16:32 | Peak G Load - 4G (36.0km, 2.3km/s) |
| 13:55:39 | +3:08:39 | -0:14:30 | Parachute Opening (10.8km, 216m/s) |
| Re-Hook to symmetric descent | |||
| Heat Shield Jettison, Port Hole Cover Sep | |||
| Hydrogen Peroxide Vent | |||
| Pressure Equalization | |||
| 14:10:08 | +3:23:08 | -0:00:01 | Soft Landing Engine Ignition |
| 14:10:09 | +3:23:09 | 00:00:00 | TOUCHDOWN |
| 15:11:00 | +4:24 | Sunset at Landing Site | |
| 16:10 | ~+05:23 | ~+02:00 | Crew departs Landing Site |