Soyuz T-14

Soyuz T-14
COSPAR ID1985-081A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.16051
Mission duration64 days, 21 hours, 52 minutes, 8 seconds
Orbits completed1,021
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-T
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Launch mass6,850 kilograms (15,100 lb)
Crew
Crew size3
MembersVladimir Vasyutin
Alexander Volkov
LaunchingGeorgi Grechko
LandingViktor Savinykh
CallsignЧегет (Cheget – "Mount Cheget")
Start of mission
Launch dateSeptember 17, 1985, 12:38:52 (1985-09-17UTC12:38:52Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U2
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing dateNovember 21, 1985, 10:31:00 (1985-11-21UTC10:32Z) UTC
Landing site180 kilometres (110 mi) SE of Dzhezkazgan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude196 kilometres (122 mi)
Apogee altitude223 kilometres (139 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period88.7 minutes
Docking with Salyut 7
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Soyuz T-14 (Russian: Союз Т-14, Union T-14) was the ninth expedition to Salyut 7. The mission relieved Soyuz T-13, whose crew had performed unprecedented repairs aboard the previously-dead station.[1]

  1. ^ Yenne, Bill (1988). The Pictorial History of World Spaceflight. Exeter. pp. 182–189. ISBN 0-7917-0188-3.

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