Soyuz TM-1

Soyuz TM-1
Mission duration 9 days
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer NPO Energia
Launch mass 6,450 kilograms (14,220 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date 21 May 1986 (1986-05-21Z) UTC
Rocket Soyuz-U2
Launch site Baikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date 30 May 1986 (1986-05-31Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Docking with Mir
Docking date 23 May 1986
Undocking date 29 May 1986

Soyuz TM-1 was an unmanned test flight of the Soyuz-TM spacecraft, intended for use in the Mir space station program. This was the maiden flight of the Soyuz-TM spacecraft, intended as the successor to the Soyuz-T spacecraft used in the Salyut program.[1] It docked to Mir on 23 May 1986, and undocked on the 29th.[2]

Mission parameters

References

  1. "Soyuz TM". Astronautix. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. "Soyuz TM-1". WorldSpaceFlight. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

Further reading


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