Soyuz T-6
Spacecraft properties

COSPAR ID	1982-063A
SATCAT no.	13292
Mission duration	7 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes, 52 seconds
Orbits completed	125


Spacecraft type	Soyuz-T
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Launch mass	6,850 kilograms (15,100 lb)


Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Vladimir Dzhanibekov Aleksandr Ivanchenkov Jean-Loup Chrétien
Callsign	Pamir (Pamirs)


Start of mission
Launch date	24 June 1982, 16:29:48 (1982-06-24UTC16:29:48Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5


End of mission
Landing date	2 July 1982, 14:20:40 (1982-07-02UTC14:20:41Z) UTC
Landing site	65 kilometres (40 mi) NE of Arkalyk


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	189 kilometres (117 mi)
Apogee altitude	233 kilometres (145 mi)
Inclination	51.7 degrees
Period	88.7 minutes


Docking with Salyut 7

Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz T-5 Soyuz T-7 →

Soyuz T-6 was a human spaceflight to Earth orbit to the Salyut 7 space station in 1982.^[1] Along with two Soviet cosmonauts, the crew included a Frenchman, Jean-Loup Chrétien.^[1]

The Soyuz-T spacecraft arrived at Salyut 7 following launch on 24 June 1982 and one day of solo operations. During the T-6 mission's time docked to the station, the crew performed joint Soviet-French experiments, including cardiovascular echography, alongside the station's resident crew.^[2]

Crew


Position	Crew
Commander	Vladimir Dzhanibekov Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Aleksandr Ivanchenkov Second and last spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut	Jean-Loup Chrétien First spaceflight

Backup crew


Position	Crew
Commander	Leonid Kizim
Flight Engineer	Vladimir Solovyov
Research Cosmonaut	Patrick Baudry

Mission parameters

Mass: 6850 kg
Perigee: 189 km
Apogee: 233 km
Inclination: 51.7°
Period: 88.7 minutes

Mission highlights

Soyuz T-6 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 24 June 1982 at 16:29 GMT. Docking with the Salyut 7 station was completed manually after problems arose with the spacecraft's onboard automatic docking systems.^[2]^[3]

Once aboard Salyut 7, the crew completed joint Soviet-French, including echography and antibiotic experiments, with the station's resident crew, the crew of Soyuz T-5.^[4]

The mission transported the first French astronaut, Jean-Loup Chrétien, into space. While aboard the station, the resident crew afforded him the opportunity to eject Salyut 7's weekly bag of waste into space through the station's small trash airlock. Valentin Lebedev, writing in his diary, quoted Chrétien as saying Salyut 7 "is simple, doesn't look impressive, but is reliable."^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mir Hardware Heritage" (PDF). National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Human Spaceflights: International Flight-No. 82". Spacefacts.de. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Salyut 7 EP-1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
^ "Salyut 7 (Soyuz T-6) French/Soviet Mission (1982)". European Space Agency. Retrieved 8 October 2011.

Soyuz programme

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Past missions
(by spacecraft type)

Soyuz 7K-OK (1966–1970)	Kosmos 133† Soyuz 7K-OK No.1† (uncrewed) Kosmos 140 Soyuz 1† Kosmos 186 188 212 213 238 Soyuz 2 (uncrewed) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Soyuz 7K-L1 (1967–1970) (Zond lunar programme)	Kosmos 146 154† Zond 1967A† 1967B† Zond 4 1968A† 1968B† 5 6 1969A† Zond-M 1† M 2† Zond 7 8 9 10
Soyuz 7K-L1E (1969–1970)	Soyuz 7K-L1E No.1† Kosmos 382
Soyuz 7K-LOK (1971–1972)	Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1† No.2†
Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)	Soyuz 10† 11†
Soyuz 7K-T (1972–1981)	Kosmos 496 573 Soyuz 12 Kosmos 613 Soyuz 13 Kosmos 656 Soyuz 14 15† 17 18a† 18 20 (uncrewed) 21 23† 24 25† 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (uncrewed landing) 33† 34 (uncrewed launch) 35 36 37 38 39 40
Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)	Kosmos 638 672 Soyuz 16 19 (Apollo–Soyuz) 22
Soyuz 7K-S (1974–1976)	Kosmos 670 772† 869†
Soyuz-T (1978–1986)	Kosmos 1001† 1074 Soyuz T-1 (uncrewed) T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8† T-9 T-10a† T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15
Soyuz-TM (1986–2002)	Soyuz TM-1 (uncrewed) TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34
Soyuz-TMA (2002–2012)	Soyuz TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22
Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2016)	Soyuz TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M TMA-20M
Soyuz MS (2016–present)	Soyuz MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 MS-04 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 MS-08 MS-09 MS-10† MS-11 MS-12 MS-13 MS-14 (uncrewed test flight) MS-15 MS-16 MS-17 MS-18 MS-19 MS-20 MS-21 MS-22 (uncrewed landing) MS-23 (uncrewed launch) MS-24

Current missions

MS-25

Future missions

2024
- MS-26

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Manned flights	Soyuz 28 Soyuz 30 Soyuz 31 Soyuz 33 Soyuz 36 Soyuz 37 Soyuz 38 Soyuz 39 Soyuz 40 Soyuz T-6 Soyuz T-11 Soyuz TM-3 Soyuz TM-5 Soyuz TM-6 Soyuz TM-7

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January	Kosmos 1331 Kosmos 1332 Kosmos 1333 Satcom 4 Kosmos 1334 OPS 2849 Kosmos 1335
February	Kosmos 1336 Ekran No.22L Kosmos 1337 Kosmos 1338 Kosmos 1339 Kosmos 1340 Westar 4
March	Molniya 1-53 Kosmos 1341 Taifun-2 Intelsat V F-4 Kosmos 1342 OPS 8701 Gorizont No.14L Kosmos 1343 STS-3 Molniya 3-18 Kosmos 1344 Meteor 2-8 Kosmos 1345
April	Kosmos 1346 Kosmos 1347 Kosmos 1348 Kosmos 1349 INSAT-1A Kosmos 1350 Salyut 7 (Iskra 2) Kosmos 1351 Kosmos 1352 Kosmos 1353 Kosmos 1354 Kosmos 1355
May	Kosmos 1356 Kosmos 1357 Kosmos 1358 Kosmos 1359 Kosmos 1360 Kosmos 1361 Kosmos 1362 Kosmos 1363 Kosmos 1364 OPS 5642 OPS 6553 Soyuz T-5 Kosmos 1365 Zenit-6 Kosmos 1366 Kosmos 1367 Kosmos 1368 Progress 13
June	Kosmos 1369 Kosmos 1370 Molniya 1-54 Kosmos 1371 Kosmos 1372 Kosmos 1373 Kosmos 1374 Kosmos 1375 Kosmos 1376 Kosmos 1377 Westar 5 Kosmos 1378 Yantar-4K2 Kosmos 1379 Kosmos 1380 Kosmos 1381 Soyuz T-6 Kosmos 1382 STS-4 Kosmos 1383
July	Kosmos 1384 Kosmos 1385 Kosmos 1386 Progress 14 Kosmos 1387 Landsat 4 Kosmos 1388 Kosmos 1389 Kosmos 1390 Kosmos 1391 Kosmos 1392 Kosmos 1393 Kosmos 1394 Kosmos 1395 Molniya 1-55 Ekran No.23L Kosmos 1396 Kosmos 1397
August	Kosmos 1398 Kosmos 1399 Kosmos 1400 Soyuz T-7 Kosmos 401 Anik D1 Molniya 3-19 Kosmos 1402
September	Strela-2M Kosmos 1403 Kosmos 1404 Kiku-4 Kosmos 1405 Kosmos 1406 Marecs B Sirio 2 Fanhui Shi Weixing 0-5 Kosmos 1407 Kosmos 1408 Ekran No.24L Progress 15 (Astrozond) Kosmos 1409 Kosmos 1410 Intelsat V F-5
October	Kosmos 1411 Kosmos 1412 Kosmos 1413 Kosmos 1414 Kosmos 1415 Kosmos 1416 Kosmos 1417 Gorizont No.16L Kosmos 1418 Satcom 5 DSCS II F-16 DSCS III A-1 Progress 16 (Iskra 3)
November	Kosmos 1419 Kosmos 1420 STS-5 (SBS-3, Anik C3) OPS 9627
December	Kosmos 1427
Unknown month	Kosmos 1421 Strela-1M (x8) Gran' No.21L Kosmos 1422 Kosmos 1423 Meteor 2-9 Kosmos 1424 OPS 9845 Kosmos 1425 Gran' No.22L Kosmos 1426
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