Soyuz T-1

Soyuz T-1
Mission typeTest flight
COSPAR ID1979-103A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.11640
Mission duration3 months and 9 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-T
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Launch mass6,450 kilograms (14,220 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date16 December 1979, 12:30 (1979-12-16UTC12:30Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date25 March 1980, 21:47 (1980-03-25UTC21:48Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Docking with Salyut 6

Soyuz T-1 (Russian: Союз Т-1, also called Soyuz T)[1] was a 1979-80 uncrewed Soviet space flight, a test flight of a new Soyuz craft which docked with the orbiting Salyut 6 space station.

  1. ^ Clark, Phillip (1988). The Soviet Manned Space Program. New York: Orion Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-517-56954-X.