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Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-7

Soviet Space Program1/5 — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
Soyuz T-7
Type
Human Exploration
Target orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Soyuz T-7 was the third mission to the Salyut 7 space station and the second to visit the long-duration Soyuz T-5 resident crew of the station. The mission began on August 19, 1982, 17:11:52 UTC, launching Commander Leonid Popov, Flight Engineer Aleksandr Serebrov and Research Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya, who was the second woman in space, 20 years after Valentina Tereshkova's flight. They docked with the station the next day. During their 7-day stay on the station, crew performed various scientific and medical experiments. Soyuz T-7, per usual, swapped their vehicles with the resident Soyuz T-5 crew, which allowed for a longer stay on the station. The crew returned in Soyuz T-5 spacecraft, landing safely back on Earth on August 27, 1982, 15:04:16 UTC.

schedule

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Soyuz U
Family
Soyuz
Provider
Soviet Space Program
Type
Government
Country
RUS

launch site

Pad
1/5
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Country
KAZ
Timezone
Asia/Qyzylorda
Coordinates
45.9200, 63.3420