Soyuz T-15

Soyuz T-15
Soyuz-T spacecraft
COSPAR ID1986-022A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.16643
Mission duration125 days, 56 seconds
Orbits completed1,980
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz 7K-ST No. 21L
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-T
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Launch mass6,850 kilograms (15,100 lb)
Crew
Crew size2
MembersLeonid Kizim
Vladimir Solovyov
CallsignMayak (Beacon)
Start of mission
Launch date13 March 1986, 12:33:09 (1986-03-13UTC12:33:09Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U2
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date16 July 1986, 12:34:05 (1986-07-16UTC12:34:06Z) UTC
Landing site55 kilometres (34 mi) NE of Arkalyk
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude331 kilometres (206 mi)
Apogee altitude366 kilometres (227 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period91.5 minutes
Docking with Mir
Docking portCore forward
Docking date15 March 1986, 13:38:42 UTC
Undocking date5 May 1986, 12:12:09 UTC
Docking with Salyut 7
Docking portAft
Docking date6 May 1986, 16:57:52 UTC
Undocking date25 June 1986, 14:58:00 UTC
Docking with Mir
Docking portCore forward
Docking date26 June 1986, 19:46:07 UTC
Undocking date16 July 1986, 09:09:50 UTC
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz T-15 (Russian: Союз T-15, Union T-15) was a crewed mission to the Mir and Salyut 7 space stations and was part of the Soyuz programme. It marked the final flight of the Soyuz-T spacecraft, the third generation Soyuz spacecraft, which had been in service for seven years from 1979 to 1986.[1] This mission marked the first time that a spacecraft visited, and docked with, two space stations in the same mission.

  1. ^ "Spaceflight Mission Reports". Spaceflight Mission Reports. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2015-02-17.