Soyuz T-11 was the sixth expedition to the Soviet Salyut 7 space station, which in 1984 carried the first Indian cosmonaut along with Soviet crew members.
COSPAR ID | 1984-032A |
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SATCAT no. | 14872 |
Mission duration | 181 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes, |
Orbits completed | ~2,935 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-T |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 6,850 kilograms (15,100 lb) |
Landing mass | 2,800 kilograms (6,200 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Launching | Yury Malyshev Gennady Strekalov Rakesh Sharma |
Landing | Leonid Kizim Vladimir Solovyov Oleg Atkov |
Callsign | Jupiter |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 3 April 1984, 13:08:00 (1984-04-03UTC13:08Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 2 October 1984, 10:57:00 (1984-10-02UTC10:58Z) UTC |
Landing site | 46 kilometres (29 mi) E of Arkalyk |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 195 kilometres (121 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 224 kilometres (139 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 88.7 minutes |
Docking with Salyut 7 | |
Rakesh Sharma, Yury Malyshev and Gennadi Strekalov. Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Salyut 7 was uncrewed after the undocking of Soyuz T-11 in October 1984 until Soyuz T-13 docked with the station in June 1985. Salyut 7 developed problems during the time it was uncrewed, which meant that the crew of Soyuz T-13 had to perform a manual docking and do repairs to the station.
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Yuri Malyshev Second and last spaceflight Soviet Union |
Leonid Kizim Second spaceflight Soviet Union |
Flight Engineer | Gennady Strekalov Third spaceflight Soviet Union |
Vladimir Solovyov First spaceflight Soviet Union |
Research Cosmonaut | Rakesh Sharma Only spaceflight India |
Oleg Atkov Only spaceflight Soviet Union |
Position | Crew | |
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Commander | Anatoly Berezovoy Soviet Union | |
Flight Engineer | Georgy Grechko Soviet Union | |
Research Cosmonaut | Ravish Malhotra India |
Rakesh Sharma, aboard Salyut 7 for 7 days, 21 hours, and 40 minutes, conducted an Earth observation program concentrating on India. He also did life sciences and materials processing experiments, including silicium fusing tests. He is also reported to have experimented with practicing yoga to deal with the effects of prolonged orbital spaceflight.[1]
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Uncrewed missions are designated as Kosmos instead of Soyuz; exceptions are noted "(uncrewed)". The † sign designates failed missions. Italics designates cancelled missions. |
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← 1983 · Orbital launches in 1984 · 1985 → | |
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Kosmos 1522 · Kosmos 1523 · Kosmos 1524 · Kosmos 1525 · Kosmos 1526 · Kosmos 1527 · Kosmos 1528 · Kosmos 1529 | Kosmos 1530 | Kosmos 1531 | Kosmos 1532 | Yuri 2a | Kosmos 1533 | Kosmos 1534 | Shiyan Tongbu Tongxing Weixing 1 | OPS 0441 | Kosmos 1535 | STS-41-B (Westar 6 · Palapa B2 · IRT · SPAS-1A) | OPS 8737 · OPS 8737 SSU-1 · OPS 8737 SSU-2 · OPS 8737 SSU-3 | Kosmos 1536 | Soyuz T-10 | Ōzora | Gran' No.25L | Kosmos 1537 | Progress 19 | Kosmos 1538 | Kosmos 1539 | Landsat 5 · UoSAT-2 | Kosmos 1540 | Intelsat V F-8 | Kosmos 1541 | Kosmos 1542 | Kosmos 1543 | Kosmos 1544 | Ekran No.26L | Molniya-1 No.51 | Kosmos 1545 | Kosmos 1546 | Soyuz T-11 | Kosmos 1547 | STS-41-C (LDEF) | Shiyan Tongbu Tongxing Weixing 2 | Kosmos 1548 | OPS 7641 | Progress 20 | OPS 8424 | Kosmos 1549 | Gorizont No.19L | Progress 21 | Kosmos 1550 | Kosmos 1551 | Kosmos 1552 | Kosmos 1553 | Kosmos 1554 · Kosmos 1555 · Kosmos 1556 | Kosmos 1557 | Spacenet 1 | Kosmos 1558 | Progress 22 | Kosmos 1559 · Kosmos 1560 · Kosmos 1561 · Kosmos 1562 · Kosmos 1563 · Kosmos 1564 · Kosmos 1565 · Kosmos 1566 | Kosmos 1567 | Kosmos 1568 | Kosmos 1569 | Kosmos 1570 | Intelsat V F-9 | Kosmos 1571 | USA-1 | Kosmos 1572 | Kosmos 1573 | Kosmos 1574 | Gran' No.27L | Kosmos 1575 | USA-2 · USA-3 | Kosmos 1576 | Kosmos 1577 | Kosmos 1578 | Kosmos 1579 | Kosmos 1580 | Kosmos 1581 | Meteor-2 No.16 | Soyuz T-12 | Kosmos 1582 | Kosmos 1583 | Kosmos 1584 | Kosmos 1585 | Gorizont No.20L | Kosmos 1586 | Himawari 3 | ECS-2 · Telecom 1A | Kosmos 1587 | Kosmos 1588 | Kosmos 1589 | Molniya-1 No.53 | Progress 23 | Kosmos 1590 | CCE · IRM · UKS · SCE | Molniya-1 No.54 | Ekran No.27L | USA-4 | Kosmos 1591 | STS-41-D (SBS-4 · Leasat 2 · Telstar 3C) | Kosmos 1592 | Kosmos 1593 · Kosmos 1594 · Kosmos 1595 | Kosmos 1596 | USA-5 | Fanhui Shi Weixing 7 | Kosmos 1597 | Kosmos 1598 | Galaxy 3 | Kosmos 1599 | Kosmos 1600 | Kosmos 1601 | Kosmos 1602 | Kosmos 1603 | Kosmos 1604 | STS-41-G (ERBS · OSTA-3) | Kosmos 1605 | Nova 3 | Kosmos 1606 | Kosmos 1607 | STS-51-A (Anik D2 · Leasat 1) | Spacenet 2 · MARECS-2 | NATO 3D | Kosmos 1608 | Kosmos 1609 | Kosmos 1610 | Kosmos 1611 | Kosmos 1612 | Kosmos 1613 | USA-6 | NOAA-9 | Molniya-1 No.55 | Vega 1 | Kosmos 1614 | Kosmos 1615 | Vega 2 | USA-7 | |
Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets). |