| Mission type | Dock with Salyut 7 |
|---|---|
| Operator | NPO Energia |
| COSPAR ID | 1983-062A |
| SATCAT no. | 14152 |
| Mission duration | 149 days 10 hours 45 minutes |
| Orbits completed | 2,361 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-ST |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 6,850 kg (15,100 lb) |
| Landing mass | 2800 kg |
| Dimensions | 7.13 m (23.4 ft) long 2.72 m (8 ft 11 in) wide |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Members | Vladimir Lyakhov Aleksandr Aleksandrov |
| Callsign | Proton |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 27 June 1983, 09:12:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur, 1/5 |
| Contractor | NPO Energia |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 23 November 1983, 19:58:00 UTC |
| Landing site | 160 km at the east of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 201.0 km (124.9 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 229.0 km (142.3 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Period | 88.6 minutes |
| Docking with Salyut 7 | |
| Docking port | Aft |
Soyuz T-9 (Russian: Союз Т-9, Union T-9) was the 4th expedition to Salyut 7 following the failed docking of Soyuz T-8. It returned lab experiments to Earth. The next mission, Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L (Soyuz 10a), had exploded and thus failed to launch.
Soyuz T-9 achieved successful docking with the station, although the mission was bracketed by the failed attempt of Soyuz T-8 and the launch pad abort of Soyuz T-10 which would follow immediately.[1]
- ^ Yenne, Bill (1988). The Pictorial History of World Spaceflight. Exeter. pp. 158, 165. ISBN 0-7917-0188-3.