Soyuz T-12
1984 Soviet crewed spaceflight to Salyut 7 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Soyuz T-12 (also known as Salyut 7 EP-4) was the seventh crewed spaceflight to the Soviet space station Salyut 7. The name "Soyuz T-12" is also the name of the spacecraft used to launch and land the mission's three-person crew. The mission occurred in July 1984, during the long-duration expedition Salyut 7 EO-3. During the mission, crew member Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to ever perform a spacewalk, and the potential Buran space shuttle pilot, Igor Volk, was given spaceflight experience. Unlike many Soyuz visiting missions, the Soyuz lifeboats were not swapped, and the crew returned to Earth in the same spacecraft in which they launched.
COSPAR ID | 1984-073A |
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SATCAT no. | 15119 |
Mission duration | 11 days, 19 hours, 14 minutes, 36 seconds[1] |
Orbits completed | 186 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-T |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 7,020 kilograms (15,480 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Vladimir Dzhanibekov Svetlana Savitskaya Igor Volk |
Callsign | Pamir (Pamir Mountains) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | July 17, 1984, 17:40:54 (1984-07-17UTC17:40:54Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
Launch site | Baikonur 31/6 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | July 29, 1984, 12:55:30 (1984-07-29UTC12:55:31Z) UTC |
Landing site | 140 kilometres (87 mi) SE of Dzhezkazgan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 192 kilometres (119 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 218 kilometres (135 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 88.6 minutes |
Docking with Salyut 7 | |
Soyuz T-12 with spacewalk Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |