Soyuz T-7

USSR

International Flight nº: 87

Earth orbit Flight nº: 84

USSR launch Flight nº: 52

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	13425 / 82080A
Launch date - time	19 Aug 1982 - 17:11:52 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC1
Launch vehicle	Soyuz 11A511U
OKB name - S/N°	Soyuz 7K-ST s/n°12L
Mass (kg)	6850
Launch Crew (EP-2)	Popov, Leonid (CDR) Serebrov, Aleksandr (FE) Savitskaya, Svetlana (CR)
Call Sign	Dnepr (Dnieper River)
Backup crew	Romanenko Y., Savinykh, Urina
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee x Apogee	202 x 235 km
- Inclination	51.6°
- Period	90.3 min

Docking & landing data:

Docking date - time	20 Aug 1982 - 18:32 UT
Target spacecraft/port	Salyut 7/aft
Undocking date - time	29 Aug 1982 - 14:47? UT
Redocking date - time	29 Aug 1982 - 15:07? UT
Target spacecraft/port	Salyut 6/
Undocking date - time	10 Dec 1982 - 15:45 UT
Landing date - time	10 Dec 1982 - 19:02:36 UT
Landing location	47°N, 75°E 118 km E Dzhezkazgan
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	113d 01h 51m
Nbr orbits
Landing crew	Berezovoi, Lebedev (crew T-5)

Launch Crew

Nr.	Surname	Given name	Job	Duration	Orbits
1	Popov	Leonid Ivanovich	Commander	7d 21h 52m	126
2	Serebrov	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich	Flight engineer	7d 21h 52m	126
3	Savitskaya	Svetlana Yevgeniyevna	Research cosmonaut	7d 21h 52m	126

T-7 crew landed with Soyuz T-5 on 27 Aug 1982

Mission

Launch from Baikonur
Docked with Salyut 7. Carried Svetlana Savitskaya (second woman in space), Leonid Popov, Alexander Serebrov to Salyut 7 to conduct scientific and technical research and experiments; crew landed with Soyuz T-5-spacecraft 70 km northeast of Arkalyk
Returned crew of Soyuz T-5 to Earth.
Landing crew Berezovoi and Lebedev after record flight of 211d 09h 05m in space.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Baikonur, signed by crew.

Cosmic Mail: Cover on board of Salyut 7, with five-side Salyut-7 boardcancel, launch cancel and Soyuz T-5 undocking cancel Baikonur, signed by the crew and resident T-5 crew: Lebedev and Berezovoi.

FDC with special Baikonur cancel, mission stamp.

Ref.: #1, #4, #7, #8, #16, #210 - update: 23.12.18.18

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