Soyuz T-11

Not to be confused with Soyuz 11, Soyuz TM-11, Soyuz TMA-11, or Soyuz TMA-11M.

Soyuz T-11

Mission Patch, depicting Surya in his chariot.
COSPAR ID	1984-032A
SATCAT no.	14872
Mission duration	181 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes,
Orbits completed	~2,935
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-T
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Launch mass	6,850 kilograms (15,100 lb)
Landing mass	2,800 kilograms (6,200 lb)
Crew
Crew size	3
Launching	Yury Malyshev Gennady Strekalov Rakesh Sharma
Landing	Leonid Kizim Vladimir Solovyov Oleg Atkov
Callsign	Jupiter
Start of mission
Launch date	3 April 1984, 13:08:00 (1984-04-03UTC13:08Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur 31/6
End of mission
Landing date	2 October 1984, 10:57:00 (1984-10-02UTC10:58Z) UTC
Landing site	46 kilometres (29 mi) E of Arkalyk
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	195 kilometres (121 mi)
Apogee altitude	224 kilometres (139 mi)
Inclination	51.6 degrees
Period	88.7 minutes
Docking with Salyut 7
Rakesh Sharma, Yury Malyshev and Gennadi Strekalov. Soyuz programme (Crewed missions)

Soyuz T-11 was the sixth expedition to the Soviet Salyut 7 space station, which in 1984 carried the first Indian cosmonaut along with Soviet crew members.

Salyut 7 was uncrewed after the undocking of Soyuz T-11 in October 1984 until Soyuz T-13 docked with the station in June 1985. Salyut 7 developed problems during the time it was uncrewed, which meant that the crew of Soyuz T-13 had to perform a manual docking and do repairs to the station.

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Yuri Malyshev Second and last spaceflight  Soviet Union	Leonid Kizim Second spaceflight  Soviet Union
Flight Engineer	Gennady Strekalov Third spaceflight  Soviet Union	Vladimir Solovyov First spaceflight  Soviet Union
Research Cosmonaut	Rakesh Sharma Only spaceflight  India	Oleg Atkov Only spaceflight  Soviet Union

Backup crew

Position	Crew
Commander	Anatoly Berezovoy  Soviet Union
Flight Engineer	Georgy Grechko  Soviet Union
Research Cosmonaut	Ravish Malhotra  India

Mission parameters

• Mass: 6850 kg
• Perigee: 195 km
• Apogee: 224 km
• Inclination: 51.6°
• Period: 88.7 minutes

Mission highlights

Rakesh Sharma, aboard Salyut 7 for 7 days, 21 hours, and 40 minutes, conducted an Earth observation program concentrating on India. He also did life sciences and materials processing experiments, including silicium fusing tests. He is also reported to have experimented with practicing yoga to deal with the effects of prolonged orbital spaceflight.

The Soyuz T-11 launch crew Malyshev, Strekalov, and Sharma returned from space in the Soyuz T-10 spacecraft on 11 April 1984.