Soyuz MS-06 Flight Profile

Launch Profile

Time Event
T-00:20.00 Ignition Sequence Start
T-00:20.00 Core Stage Umbilical Separation
T-00:15.00 Intermediate Thrust Level
T-00:10.00 Turbopumps at Flight Speed
T-00:05.00 Full Thrust Level
T+00:00.00 Fueling Towers Retract
T+00:00.00 LIFTOFF
T+01:54.16 SAS Abort System Mode Switch, Tower Jettison
T+01:57.80 Strap-On booster Separation
T+02:37.48 Launch Shroud Jettison
T+04:45.05 Core Stage Shutdown
T+04:47.30 Stage Separation & Third Stage Ignition
T+04:57.05 Third Stage Aft Section Cover Jettison
T+08:44.96 Third Stage Cutoff
T+08:48.26 Spacecraft Separation
Solar Panel Deployment
Communication Antenna Deployment
Mission handed over to MCC Moscow
Successful Orbital Insertion

Orbital Data
Launch Date: September 12, 2017
T-0 Time: 21:17:02 UTC
Docking: September 13, 2017
Time: 02:57:49 UTC
Docking Port: Poisk

Soyuz Insertion Orbit:
Perigee: 200 Kilometers (+7 / -22 km)
Apogee: 242 Kilometers (+/-42 km)
Inclination: 51.67 Degrees (+/-0.058°)
Period: 88.64 Minutes (+/-0.367min)


Space Station Orbit:
Orbit: 401 by 407 Kilometers
Inclination: 51.64 Degrees
Period: 92.65min
 
Image: Roscosmos/TsUP
Image: Roscosmos/TsUP

Rendezvous Profile

Flight Milestones (September 12/13, 2017):

Liftoff: 21:17:02 UTC

Two Ground-Targeted Orbit-Raising Burns on Orbit 1

Two Ground-Targeted & Updated Burns on Orbit 2

Automated Rendezvous Initiation on Orbit 3 (~01:07 UTC)

KURS Automated Rendezvous System Activation (~01:40 UTC)

Ballistic Targeting Point (~02:22 UTC)

Flyaround (~02:32 UTC)

Docking: 02:57:49 UTC

Hatch Opening: 04:30 UTC

Soyuz MS Rendezvous Profile (MS-04) - Image: Roscosmos
Soyuz MS Rendezvous Profile (MS-04) - Image: Roscosmos