Soyuz T-9

Soyuz T-9
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Dock with Salyut 7
Operator	NPO Energia
COSPAR ID	1983-062A
SATCAT no.	14152
Mission duration	149 days 10 hours 45 minutes
Orbits completed	2,361


Spacecraft	Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L
Spacecraft type	Soyuz 7K-ST
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Launch mass	6,850 kg (15,100 lb)
Landing mass	2800 kg
Dimensions	7.13 m (23.4 ft) long 2.72 m (8 ft 11 in) wide


Crew
Crew size	2
Members	Vladimir Lyakhov Aleksandr Aleksandrov
Callsign	Proton


Start of mission
Launch date	27 June 1983, 09:12:00 UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur, 1/5
Contractor	NPO Energia


End of mission
Landing date	23 November 1983, 19:58:00 UTC
Landing site	160 km at the east of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric orbit
Regime	Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude	201.0 km (124.9 mi)
Apogee altitude	229.0 km (142.3 mi)
Inclination	51.6°
Period	88.6 minutes


Docking with Salyut 7
Docking port	Aft

Soyuz programme ← Soyuz T-8 Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L →

Soyuz T-9 (Russian: Союз Т-9, Union T-9) was the 4th expedition to Salyut 7 following the failed docking of Soyuz T-8. It returned lab experiments to Earth. The next mission, Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L (Soyuz 10a), had exploded and thus failed to launch.

Soyuz T-9 achieved successful docking with the station, although the mission was bracketed by the failed attempt of Soyuz T-8 and the launch pad abort of Soyuz T-10 which would follow immediately.^[1]

Crew


Position	Crew
Commander	Vladimir Lyakhov Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Aleksandr Aleksandrov First spaceflight

Backup crew


Position	Crew
Commander	Vladimir Titov
Flight Engineer	Gennadi Strekalov

Mission parameters

Mass: 6850 kg
Perigee: 201 km
Apogee: 229 km
Inclination: 51.6°
Period: 88.6 minutes

Mission highlights

Fourth expedition to Salyut 7. Its mission was heavily impacted by the Soyuz T-8 docking failure and the Soyuz T-10a Soyuz booster failures which bracketed it.

Almost immediately after docking at Salyut 7's aft port, the crew entered Kosmos 1443 and commenced transferring the 3.5 tons of cargo lining its walls to Salyut 7.^[2]

On 27 July 1983, a small object struck a Salyut 7 viewport. It blasted out a 4-mm crater, but did not penetrate the outer of the window's two panes. The Soviets believed it was a member of the Delta Aquariid meteor shower, though it may have been a small piece of orbital debris.^[3]

The crew loaded Cosmos 1443's VA capsule with 350 kg of experiment results and hardware no longer in use. It could have held 500 kg, had they had that much to put in. Cosmos 1443 then undocked, in spite of Western predictions that the FGB component would remain attached to Salyut 7 as a space station module. The VA capsule soft-landed on 23 August 1983, and the FGB component continued in orbit until it was deorbited over the Pacific Ocean on 19 September 1983.

The crew also filmed scenes for the movie Return from Orbit.^[4]

References

^ Yenne, Bill (1988). The Pictorial History of World Spaceflight. Exeter. pp. 158, 165. ISBN 0-7917-0188-3.
^ D. S. F. Portree (1995). "Mir Hardware Heritage" (PDF). NASA. pp. 50, 95. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2003. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Soyuz T-9". spacefacts.de.
^ Vozvrashchenie s orbity (1984) - Trivia - IMDb

Soyuz programme

Main topics

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)

Current missions

MS-24

Future missions

2024
- MS-25

Uncrewed missions are designated as Kosmos instead of Soyuz; exceptions are noted "(uncrewed)".
The † sign designates failed missions. Italics designates cancelled missions.

v t e ← 1982 · Orbital launches in 1983 · 1984 →
January	Kosmos 1437 Unnamed
February	OPS 0252 OPS 0252 SSU-1 OPS 0252 SSU-2 OPS 0252 SSU-3
March	Kosmos 1443 NOAA-8
April	STS-6 (TDRS-1) OPS 2925 Soyuz T-8
May	Intelsat V F-6
June	OPS 6432 OPS 6432 SSU-1 OPS 6432 SSU-2 OPS 6432 SSU-3 ECS-1 OSCAR-10 STS-7 (Anik C2, Palapa B1, SPAS-01, OSTA-2) OPS 0721 OPS 3899 Soyuz T-9
July	OPS 7304
August	Progress 17
September	STS-8 (INSAT-1B)
October	Intelsat V F-7 Progress 18
November	STS-9
Unknown month	Kosmos 1428 Kosmos 1429 Kosmos 1430 Kosmos 1431 Kosmos 1432 Kosmos 1433 Kosmos 1434 Kosmos 1435 Kosmos 1436 IRAS PIX-2 Kosmos 1438 Sakura 2a Kosmos 1439 LIPS-2 Kosmos 1440 Kosmos 1441 Tenma Kosmos 1442 Kosmos 1444 Molniya-3 No.34 Ekran No.18L Kosmos 1445 Kosmos 1446 Molniya-1-56 Astron Kosmos 1447 Kosmos 1448 Kosmos 1449 Molniya-1 No.68 Kosmos 1450 Gran' No.23L Kosmos 1451 Satcom 1R Kosmos 1452 Rohini RS-D2 Kosmos 1453 Kosmos 1454 Kosmos 1455 Kosmos 1456 Kosmos 1457 Kosmos 1458 GOES 6 Kosmos 1459 Kosmos 1460 Kosmos 1461 Kosmos 1462 Kosmos 1463 Kosmos 1464 Kosmos 1465 Kosmos 1466 EXOSAT Kosmos 1467 Venera 15 Venera 16 Kosmos 1468 Kosmos 1469 Kosmos 1470 HILAT Kosmos 1471 Galaxy 1 Gorizont No.17L Prognoz 9 Kosmos 1472 Kosmos 1473 Kosmos 1474 Kosmos 1475 Kosmos 1476 Kosmos 1477 Kosmos 1478 Kosmos 1479 Kosmos 1480 Kosmos 1481 Kosmos 1482 OPS 7994 Molniya-1 No.66 Kosmos 1483 Kosmos 1484 Kosmos 1485 Telstar 301 Kosmos 1486 Kosmos 1487 Sakura 2b Kosmos 1488 Kosmos 1489 Kosmos 1490 Kosmos 1491 Kosmos 1492 Fanhui Shi Weixing 6 Kosmos 1493 Gran' No.24L Molniya-3 No.32 Kosmos 1494 Kosmos 1495 Kosmos 1496 Satcom 2R Kosmos 1497 Kosmos 1498 Kosmos 1499 Galaxy-2 Soyuz 7K-ST No. 16L Kosmos 1500 Ekran No.25L Kosmos 1501 Kosmos 1502 Kosmos 1503 Kosmos 1504 Kosmos 1505 Kosmos 1506 Meteor-2 No.10 Kosmos 1507 Kosmos 1508 Kosmos 1509 OPS 1294 Molniya-1 No.48 Kosmos 1510 Kosmos 1511 Gorizont No.18L Kosmos 1512 Kosmos 1513 Kosmos 1514 Kosmos 1515 Molniya-3 No.35 Kosmos 1516 Kosmos 1517 Kosmos 1518 Kosmos 1519 Kosmos 1520 Kosmos 1521
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Cubesats are smaller. Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

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References