Soyuz T-4

Photon

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	12.03.1981
Launch time:	19:00 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	245 - 315 km
Inclination:	51,61°
Docking Salyut 6:	13.03.1981, 20:33 UTC
Undocking Salyut 6:	26.05.1981, 09:20 UTC
Landing date:	26.05.1981
Landing time:	12:37 UTC
Landing site:	125 km E of Dzheskasgan

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Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Kovalyonok	Vladimir Vasiliyevich	Commander	3	74d 17h 37m	1178
2	Savinykh	Viktor Petrovich	Flight Engineer	1	74d 17h 37m	1178

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Kovalyonok
2	Savinykh

Landing
1	Kovalyonok
2	Savinykh

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Zudov	Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich	Commander
2	Andreyev	Boris Dmitriyevich	Flight Engineer

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 125 km east of Dzheskasgan.

Following a one day solo flight the Soyuz docked with Salyut 6 on 13.03.1981. The cosmonauts became the fifth and final resident crew of the Salyut 6 space station.

Visiting crews: Interkosmos missions Soyuz 39 on 23.03.1981 and Soyuz 40 on 15.05.1981; resulting in common science research onboard the station. One of the first mission objectives of this crew was, to unload the earlier launched Progress 12 spacecraft. Meteorological studies from the Bermuda triangle were conducted too.

Photos / Drawings

©			Last update on December 25, 2011.