Mission type | Dock with Salyut 7 |
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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]