Soyuz-T
Salyut and Mir space stations and back | |
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Production | |
| Status | Out of service |
| Launched | 16 |
| Maiden launch | Soyuz T-1, 1979 |
| Last launch | Soyuz T-15, 1986 |
| Related spacecraft | |
| Derived from | Soyuz 7K-TM (Soyuz 7K-T) Military Soyuz |
| Derivatives | Soyuz-TM |
The Soyuz-T (
Apollo Soyuz Test Project, Soyuz 7K-TM and Military Soyuz
.
The Soyuz-T was a major upgrade over previous Soyuz spacecraft, sporting solid-state electronics for the first time and a much more advanced onboard computer to help overcome the chronic docking problems that affected cosmonauts during space station missions. In addition,
KTDU-426
. Finally, it could carry three cosmonauts with pressure suits.
Missions
- Soyuz T-1 (uncrewed test, launched 1979)
- Soyuz T-2
- Soyuz T-3
- Soyuz T-4
- Soyuz T-5
- Soyuz T-6
- Soyuz T-7
- Soyuz T-8
- Soyuz T-9
- Soyuz T-10-1
- Soyuz T-10
- Soyuz T-11
- Soyuz T-12
- Soyuz T-13
- Soyuz T-14
- Soyuz T-15 (launched 1986)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Soyuz spacecraft.
- RSC Energia: Concept Of Russian Manned Space Navigation Development
- Mir Hardware Heritage
- David S.F. Portree, Mir Hardware Heritage, NASA RP-1357, 1995
- Mir Hardware Heritage (wikisource)
- Information on Soyuz spacecraft
- OMWorld's ASTP Docking Trainer Page
- NASA - Russian Soyuz TMA Spacecraft Details
- Space Adventures circum-lunar mission - details
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