Soyuz T-14

USSR

International Flight n°: 110

Earth orbit Flight n°: 107

USSR launch Flight n°: 60

Launch & orbit data:

Designation	16051 / 85081A
Launch date - time	17 Sep 1985 - 12:38:52 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC1
Launch vehicle	Soyuz 11A511U2 (s/n 007)
OKB name - S/N°	Soyuz 7K-ST s/n°20L
Mass (kg)	6850
Flight Crew (EO-5)	Vasyutin, Vladimir (CDR) Grechko, Georgi (FE) Volkov, Aleksandr (CR)
Call Sign	Cheget (Tcheget - mountain in the Caucasus)
Backup crew	Titov V., Strekalov, Serebrov
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	328 / 381 km
- Inclination	51.6°
- Period	88.7 min

Docking & landing data:

Docking date - time	18 Sep 1985 - 14:15 UT
Target spacecraft/port	Salyut 7/aft
Undocking date - time	21 Nov 1985 - 07:16 UT
Deorbit burn date - time
Landing date - time	21 Nov 1985 - 10:31:00 UT
Landing location	47°N, 70°E 180 km southeast of Dzheskasgan
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	64:21:52
Nbr orbits	1027
Landing crew	Savinykh, Vasyutin, Volkov, (crew T-13 & T-14)

Transported a crew comprising ship's commander V. Vasyutin, flight engineer G Grechko and cosmonaut-researcher A Volkov to the Salyut-7 orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments.
Grechko returned in Soyuz T-13 on 26 September 1985 - emergency return.

Launch Crew

Nr.	Surname	Given name	Job	Duration	Orbits
1	Vasyutin	Vladimir Vladimirovich	Commander	64d 21h 52m	1027
2	Grechko	Georgi Mikhailovich	Flight engineer	8d 21h 13m	140
3	Volkov	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich	Flight engineer	64d 21h 52m	1027

Flight

Docked with Salyut 7. Partly exchange of current resident crew (Dzhanibekov); photography of Earth surface; observation of mechanical and electronical behaviour of enlarged spacestation (Cosmos 1686); premature return to Earth because of seriously illness of Vasyutin.

Ref.: #1, #7, #8, #16, #210 - update: 14.07.07

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