| COSPAR ID | 1985-043A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 15804 |
| Mission duration | 112 days, 3 hours, 12 minutes, 6 seconds |
| Orbits completed | 2,645 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-T |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 6,850 kilograms (15,100 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Members | Vladimir Dzhanibekov |
| Launching | Viktor Savinykh |
| Landing | Georgi Grechko |
| Callsign | Pamir (after a mountain range in Central Asia) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | June 6, 1985, 06:39:52 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | September 26, 1985, 09:51:58 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 198 kilometres (123 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 222 kilometres (138 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 88.7 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.