Soyuz T-13

Soyuz T-13
COSPAR ID1985-043A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.15804
Mission duration112 days, 3 hours, 12 minutes, 6 seconds
Orbits completed2,645
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-T
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Launch mass6,850 kilograms (15,100 lb)
Crew
Crew size2
MembersVladimir Dzhanibekov
LaunchingViktor Savinykh
LandingGeorgi Grechko
CallsignPamir (after a mountain range in Central Asia)
Start of mission
Launch dateJune 6, 1985, 06:39:52 (1985-06-06UTC06:39:52Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U2
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing dateSeptember 26, 1985, 09:51:58 (1985-09-26UTC09:51:59Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude198 kilometres (123 mi)
Apogee altitude222 kilometres (138 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period88.7 minutes
Docking with Salyut 7
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz T-13 was a Soyuz mission, transporting personnel to the Soviet space station Salyut 7. The eighth expedition to the orbital station, the mission launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket, at 06:39:52 UTC on June 6, 1985. It is of note because it marked the first time a spacecraft had docked with a 'dead' space station, and the first time such a station had been returned to operational status following repairs.