 Mission Patch, depictingSurya in his chariot. | |
| COSPAR ID | 1984-032A |
|---|---|
| SATCATno. | 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 | Baikonur31/6 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 2 October 1984, 10:57:00 (1984-10-02UTC10:58Z) UTC |
| Landing site | 46 kilometres (29 mi) E ofArkalyk |
| 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 withSalyut 7 | |
.jpg) Rakesh Sharma, Yury Malyshev and Gennadi Strekalov. Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz T-11 was the sixth expedition to theSovietSalyut 7space station, which in 1984 carried the firstIndiancosmonaut along with Soviet crew members.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Yuri Malyshev Second and last spaceflight | Leonid Kizim Second spaceflight |
| Flight engineer | Gennady Strekalov Third spaceflight | Vladimir Solovyov First spaceflight |
| Research cosmonaut | Rakesh Sharma,India Only spaceflight | Oleg Atkov Only spaceflight |
| Position | Crew | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Anatoly Berezovoy | |
| Flight engineer | Georgy Grechko | |
| Research cosmonaut | Ravish Malhotra,India | |
Rakesh Sharma, aboard Salyut 7 for 7 days, 21 hours, and 40 minutes, conducted an Earth observation program concentrating onIndia. He also did life sciences and materials processing experiments, includingsilicium fusing tests. He is also reported to have experimented with practicingyoga to deal with the effects of prolonged orbital spaceflight.[1][2]
The Soyuz T-11 launch crew Malyshev, Strekalov, and Sharma returned from space in theSoyuz T-10 spacecraft on 11 April 1984.
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