| COSPAR ID | 1983-035A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 14014 |
| Mission duration | 2 days, 17 minutes, 48 seconds |
| Orbits completed | 32 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-T |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 6,850 kilograms (15,100 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Vladimir Titov Gennady Strekalov Aleksandr Serebrov |
| Callsign | Okean (Ocean) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | April 20, 1983, 13:10:54 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | April 22, 1983, 13:28:42 UTC |
| Landing site | 60 kilometres (37 mi) NE of Arkalyk |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 200 kilometres (120 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 230 kilometres (140 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 88.6 minutes |
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz T-8 was a crewed mission to the Salyut 7 Soviet space station in 1983. Shortly into the mission, the spacecraft failed to dock with the space station[1] due to an incident involving an antenna being torn off the craft by the protective launch shroud. After a fuel-consuming attempt made in darkness for an optical rendezvous with Salyut 7 resulted in an abort in order to avoid collision, it was decided to de-orbit T-8 two days into the mission in order to ensure that the spacecraft had a sufficient amount of propellant for the de-orbit maneuver. After de-orbiting, landing of the craft occurred normally.
- ^ Yenne, Bill (1988). The Pictorial History of World Spaceflight. Exeter. p. 158. ISBN 0-7917-0188-3.