Soyuz T-7
| Mission Statistics
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| Mission Name: | Soyuz T-7
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| Call Sign: | Днепр ( Dnieper)
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| Number of Crew Members: | 3 launched, 2 landed
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| Launch: | August 19, 1982
17:11:52 UTC
Baikonur LC1
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| Landing: | December 10, 1982
19:02:36 UTC
118 km E of Dzhezkazgan (70 km NE of Arkalyk?)
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| Duration: | 113 days 01 hours 50 minutes 44 seconds
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| Number of Orbits: | ~1,825
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Crew
Launched:
Landed:
(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 6850 kg
- Perigee: 289 km
- Apogee: 299 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period:90.3 minutes
Mission Highlights
The 2nd expedition to Salyut 7.
Svetlana Savitskaya was the first woman in space since Valentina Tereshkova
(who flew in 1963 on Vostok 6).
The Soyuz-T 7 crew (code name Dnieper) included Svetlana Savitskaya, the first woman to visit space in 20 years. She was given the orbital module of Soyuz-T 7 for privacy. The Soyuz-T 7 crew delivered experiments and mail from home to the Elbrus crew. On August 21 the five cosmonauts traded seat liners between the Soyuz-Ts. The Dniepers undocked in Soyuz-T 5, leaving the newer Soyuz-T 7 spacecraft for the longduration crew.
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