Development And Evolution Of SOYUZ Transport Vehicles
- Paper number
IAC-07-B3.2.01
- Author
Mr. Sergey Romanov, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Russia
- Coauthor
Mr. Nikolay Sevastiyanov, S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, Russia
- Year
2007
- Abstract
Soyuz crew transport vehicle has a record of 40 years operation providing reliable and safe crew transportation to space stations. Since Soyuz maiden flight its onboard systems, assemblies and units have been several times upgraded to considerably increase reliability and efficiency. Soyuz crew transport vehicle is the only existing orbital means to support crew rescue for the International Space Station maintained in orbit in stand by mode during the whole operation period. Now Soyuz GN\&C and T\&T systems are being modified to provide for the future use of the vehicle.
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