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Soyuz T-11
| Mission Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Mission Name: | Soyuz T-11 |
| Call Sign: | Jupiter |
| Number of Crew Members: | 3 |
| Launch: | April 3, 1984 13:08:00 UTC Baikonur LC31 |
| Landing: | October 2, 1984 10:57:00 UTC 46 km E of Arkalyk |
| Duration: | 181 days 21 hours 48 minutes |
| Number of Orbits: | ~2,935 |
Crew
Launched:
- Yuri Malyshev (2)
- Gennady Strekalov (4)
- Rakesh Sharma (1)- India
Landed:
- Leonid Kizim (2)
- Vladimir Soloviyov (1)
- Oleg Atkov (1)
(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 6850 kg
- Perigee: 195 km
- Apogee: 224 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 88.7 minutes
Mission Highlights
6th expedition to Salyut 7. Carried the first Indian cosmonaut to the Salyut 7 station.
Rakesh Sharma conducted an Earth observation program concentrating on India. He also did life sciences and materials processing experiments.
| Previous Mission: Soyuz T-10 |
Soyuz programme | Next Mission: Soyuz T-12 |
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