Soyuz T-6 was a human spaceflight to Earth orbit to the Salyut 7 space station in 1982.[1] Along with two Soviet cosmonauts, the crew included a Frenchman, Jean-Loup Chrétien.[1]
COSPAR ID | 1982-063A ![]() |
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SATCAT no. | 13292 |
Mission duration | 7 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes, 52 seconds |
Orbits completed | 125 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-T |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 6,850 kilograms (15,100 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Vladimir Dzhanibekov Aleksandr Ivanchenkov Jean-Loup Chrétien |
Callsign | Pamir (Pamirs) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 24 June 1982, 16:29:48 (1982-06-24UTC16:29:48Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 2 July 1982, 14:20:40 (1982-07-02UTC14:20:41Z) UTC |
Landing site | 65 kilometres (40 mi) NE of Arkalyk |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 189 kilometres (117 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 233 kilometres (145 mi) |
Inclination | 51.7 degrees |
Period | 88.7 minutes |
Docking with Salyut 7 | |
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The Soyuz-T spacecraft arrived at Salyut 7 following launch on 24 June 1982 and one day of solo operations. During the T-6 mission's time docked to the station, the crew performed joint Soviet-French experiments, including cardiovascular echography, alongside the station's resident crew.[2]
Position | Crew | |
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Commander | ![]() Third spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | ![]() Second and last spaceflight | |
Research Cosmonaut | ![]() First spaceflight |
Position | Crew | |
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Commander | ![]() | |
Flight Engineer | ![]() | |
Research Cosmonaut | ![]() |
Soyuz T-6 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 24 June 1982 at 16:29 GMT. Docking with the Salyut 7 station was completed manually after problems arose with the spacecraft's onboard automatic docking systems.[2][3]
Once aboard Salyut 7, the crew completed joint Soviet-French, including echography and antibiotic experiments, with the station's resident crew, the crew of Soyuz T-5.[4]
The mission transported the first French astronaut, Jean-Loup Chrétien, into space. While aboard the station, the resident crew afforded him the opportunity to eject Salyut 7's weekly bag of waste into space through the station's small trash airlock. Valentin Lebedev, writing in his diary, quoted Chrétien as saying Salyut 7 "is simple, doesn't look impressive, but is reliable."[1][3]
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