Soyuz T-11
Soyuz T-11 was the 6th expedition to Salyut 7, and carried the first Indian cosmonaut to the Salyut 7 station.
| COSPAR ID | 1984-032A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 14872 |
| Mission duration | 181 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes, |
| Orbits completed | ~2,935 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-T |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 6,850 kilograms (15,100 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Launching | Yury Malyshev Gennady Strekalov Rakesh Sharma |
| Landing | Leonid Kizim Vladimir Solovyov Oleg Atkov |
| Callsign | Jupiter |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 3 April 1984, 13:08:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 2 October 1984, 10:57:00 UTC |
| Landing site | 46 kilometres (29 mi) E of Arkalyk |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 195 kilometres (121 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 224 kilometres (139 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 88.7 minutes |
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.jpg) Rakesh Sharma, Yury Malyshev and Gennadi Strekalov. Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Salyut 7 was uncrewed after the undocking of Soyuz T-11 in October 1984 until Soyuz T-13 docked with the station in June 1985. Salyut 7 developed problems during the uncrewed time, which meant that the crew of Soyuz T-13 had to perform a manual docking and do repairs to the station.
CrewEdit
Backup crewEdit
Mission parametersEdit
- Mass: 6850 kg
- Perigee: 195 km
- Apogee: 224 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 88.7 minutes
Mission highlightsEdit
Rakesh Sharma, aboard Salyut 7 for 7 days, 21 hours, and 40 minutes, conducted an Earth observation program concentrating on India. He also did life sciences and materials processing experiments, including silicium fusing tests. He is also reported to have experimented with practicing yoga to deal with the effects of prolonged orbital spaceflight.[1]
ReferencesEdit
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