Soyuz T-11

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Mission dates
Mission:	Soyuz T-11
COSPAR-ID :	1984-032A
Spacecraft:	Soyuz 7K-ST ( GRAY index  11F732) serial number 17L
Dimensions:	6850 kg
Launcher:	Soyuz U (GRAY index 11A511U)
Call sign:	Outbound flight: Юпитер (" Jupiter ") Return flight: Маяк (Mayak - " beacon ")
Crew:	3
Begin:	April 3, 1984, 13:08:00  UTC
Starting place:	Baikonur 31/6
Space station:	Salyut 7
Coupling:	April 4, 1984, 14:31:11 UTC
Decoupling:	October 2, 1984, 07:35 UTC
Landing:	October 2, 1984, 10:57:00 UTC
Landing place:	145 km SE of Djeskazgan
Flight duration:	181d 21h 48m 22s
Earth orbits:	2935
Rotation time :	88.7 min
Apogee :	224 km
Perigee :	195 km
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Soyuz T-10 (manned) Soyuz T-12 (manned)

Soyuz T-11 is the mission name for the flight of a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft to the Soviet space station Salyut 7, which started on April 3, 1984 . It was the sixth visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to this space station and the 72nd flight in the Soviet Soyuz program.

crew

Starting crew

• Yuri Wassiljewitsch Malyshev (2nd space flight), commander
• Gennadi Michailowitsch Strekalow (3rd space flight), flight engineer
• Rakesh Sharma (1st space flight), research cosmonaut ( India ) 

Strekalov also achieved the Soviet record of three flights into orbit.

Substitute team

• Anatoly Nikolaevich Berezovoy , commandant
• Georgi Michailowitsch Grechko , flight engineer
• Ravish Malhotra , research cosmonaut

Return crew

• Leonid Denissowitsch Kisim (2nd space flight), commander
• Wladimir Alexejewitsch Solowjow (2nd space flight), flight engineer
• Oleg Jurjewitsch Atkow (1st space flight), research cosmonaut (doctor)

Mission overview

The first Indian cosmonaut, Rakesh Sharma , was on board on this flight .

On board the Salut 7 space station, experiments on earth exploration (water reserves, mineral resources, environmental pollution in the Ganges delta, soil structure for the selection of suitable routes and industrial sites, agriculture and forestry), medicine (yoga training as a remedy for space traveler's disease, blood tests, cardiovascular Investigations), biology, material research, meteorology and marine research (plankton accumulations, fishing grounds).

Malyshev, Strekalow and Sharma returned to Earth on April 11, 1984 with Soyuz T-10 and left their spacecraft to the long-term crew Salyut 7 EO-3 , who used it to return on October 2, 1984.

See also

• List of Soyuz missions
• List of manned space flights

Web links

• Soyuz T-11 at spacefacts.de
• Soyuz T-11 at space.kursknet.ru (English / Russian , archived 2016)
• Soyuz T-11 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
• Soyuz T-11 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)