Soyuz T-6
| Mission Statistics
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| Mission Name: | Soyuz T-6
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| Call Sign: | Pamir (Pamirs)
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| Number of Crew Members: | 3
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| Launch: | June 24, 1982
16:29:48 UTC
Baikonur LC1
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| Landing: | July 2, 1982
14:20:40 UTC
65 km NE of Arkalyk
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| Duration: | 7 days 21 hours 50 minutes 52 seconds
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| Number of Orbits: | 125
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Crew
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 6850 kg
- Perigee: 189 km
- Apogee: 233 km
- Inclination: 51.7°
- Period: 88.7 minutes
Mission Highlights
2nd expedition to Salyut 7. 10th international crew. Carried cosmonaut from France.
Suffered Argon computer failure 900 m from Salyut 7. Commander Vladimir
Dzhanibekov took manual control and docked with the station 14 minutes
ahead of schedule. The skill he displayed contributed to his being tapped for
the Soyuz-T 13 mission to rescue Salyut 7 in 1985. Chretien’s launch marked
the start of a new phase in the manned Intercosmos flights.
During the stay of the Soyuz-T 6 Visiting Expedition, the Elbrus gave visiting Frenchman Jean-Loup Chrétien “the honor” of ejecting a satellite—Salyut 7’s weekly bag of waste—from the small trash airlock. In his diary, Lebedev quoted Chrétien as saying Salyut 7 “is simple, doesn’t look impressive, but is reliable.”
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