Mission type | Test flight |
---|---|
COSPAR ID | 1979-103A |
SATCAT no. | 11640 |
Mission duration | 3 months and 9 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-T |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 6,450 kilograms (14,220 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 16 December 1979, 12:30 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 25 March 1980, 21:47 | UTC
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low 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.