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Spacecraft "Soyuz-T4"
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Spacecraft "Soyuz-T4"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT SPACECRAFT |
| Registration number | 1981-023A / 12334 |
| Time and date of launch (UTC) | 19h.00m.11s. March 12, 1981 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, LC 1 |
| Launch vehicle | Soyuz-U |
| Spacecraft mass (kg) | 6850 |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 51.6 |
| - period (minutes) | 88.7 |
| - perigee (km) | 201 |
| - apogee (km) | 250 |
| Time and date of landing (UTC) | 12h.37m.34s. May 26, 1981 |
| Place of landing | 125 km E of Dzhezkazgan |
| Duration | 74d.17h.37m.23s. |
| Distance (km) | 49.726 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 1178 |
| Summary | 14th expedition to station "Salyut-6" . Unloading of automatic docked "Progress-12" . Repairing works at the station. Joint work with crews of 15th, 16th expeditions. |
| CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr PE-5/SLT6 |
Kovalyonok, Vladimir Vasilyevich | Zudov, Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich | Isaulov, Yuri Fedorovich |
| 2 | FE PE-5/SLT6 |
Savinykh, Viktor Petrovich | Andreyev, Boris Dmitrievich | Lebedev, Valentin Vitalyevich |
| Call sign | Photon | |||
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UTC) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Mar 12, 1981 | 19:00:11 | 1 | Salyut-6:19880 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-T4" (crew: Kovalyonok, Savinykh ). |
| Mar 13, 1981 | 20:33:40 | 18 | Salyut-6:19897 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-T4" (crew: Kovalyonok, Savinykh ) to fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Progress-12" . |
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Crew of station "Salyut-6" after docking: Kovalyonok, Savinykh. | |||
| Mar 19, 1981 | 18:14 | 855 | Salyut-6:19990 | Undocking of "Progress-12" from aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-T4" . |
| Mar 20, 1981 | 16:59 | 870 | Salyut-6:20005 | Deorbit burn of "Progress-12" . |
| Mar 20, 1981 | 17:45? | 870 | Salyut-6:20005 | End of existence of "Progress-12" . |
| Mar 22, 1981 | 14:58:55 | 1 | Salyut-6:20035 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-39" (crew: Dzhanibekov, Gurragcha ). |
| Mar 23, 1981 | 16:28 | 18 | Salyut-6:20052 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-39" (crew: Dzhanibekov, Gurragcha ) to aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-T4" . |
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Crew of station "Salyut-6" after docking: Kovalyonok, Savinykh, Dzhanibekov, Gurragcha. | |||
| Mar 30, 1981 | 08:15 | 122 | Salyut-6:20157 | Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-39" (crew: Dzhanibekov, Gurragcha ) from aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-T4" . |
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Crew of station "Salyut-6" after undocking: Kovalyonok, Savinykh. | |||
| Mar 30, 1981 | 10:55? | 125 | Salyut-6:20158 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-39" (crew: Dzhanibekov, Gurragcha ). |
| Mar 30, 1981 | 11:40:58 | 125 | Salyut-6:20159 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-39" (crew: Dzhanibekov, Gurragcha ). |
| Apr 12, 1981 | 12:00:03 | 1 |
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Lift-off Shuttle, mission "STS-1" (crew: Young, Crippen ). |
| Apr 14, 1981 | 17:21:30 | 36 |
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Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission "STS-1" (crew: Young, Crippen ). |
| Apr 14, 1981 | 18:21:57 | 37 |
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Landing of Shuttle, mission "STS-1" (crew: Young, Crippen ). |
| Apr 25, 1981 | 02:01:00 | 1 | Salyut-6:20562 | Lift-off TLS (Transport Logistics Spacecraft) "Kosmos-1267" . |
| May 14, 1981 | 17:16:38 | 1 | Salyut-6:20872 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-40" (crew: Popov, Prunariu ). |
| May 15, 1981 | 18:50 | 18 | Salyut-6:20889 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-40" (crew: Popov, Prunariu ) to aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-T4" . |
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Crew of station "Salyut-6" after docking: Kovalyonok, Savinykh, Popov, Prunariu. | |||
| May 22, 1981 | 10:37 | 123 | Salyut-6:20994 | Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-40" (crew: Popov, Prunariu ) from aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-T4" . |
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Crew of station "Salyut-6" after undocking: Kovalyonok, Savinykh. | |||
| May 22, 1981 | 13:10? | 125 | Salyut-6:20995 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-40" (crew: Popov, Prunariu ). |
| May 22, 1981 | 13:58:30 | 125 | Salyut-6:20996 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-40" (crew: Popov, Prunariu ). |
| May 24, 1981 | ? | 473±8 | Salyut-6:21026±8? | Separation and landing of recovery capsule of TLS "Kosmos-1267" . |
| May 26, 1981 | 09:20 | 1176 | Salyut-6:21056 | Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-T4" (crew: Kovalyonok, Savinykh ) from fore (transitional) unit of station "Salyut-6" . |
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There is nobody at the station "Salyut-6" . | |||
| May 26, 1981 | 11:50? | 1178 | Salyut-6:21057 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-T4" (crew: Kovalyonok, Savinykh ). |
| May 26, 1981 | 12:37:34 | 1179 | Salyut-6:21058 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-T4" (crew: Kovalyonok, Savinykh ). |
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