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Soyuz T-3

1980 Soviet crewed spaceflight to Salyut 6

Summary

1980 Soviet crewed spaceflight to Salyut 6

Field	Value
name	Soyuz T-3
COSPAR_ID	1980-094A
SATCAT	12077
mission_duration	12 days, 19 hours, 7 minutes, 42 seconds
orbits_completed	204
spacecraft_type	Soyuz-T
manufacturer	NPO Energia
launch_mass	6850 kg
launch_date	UTC
launch_rocket	Soyuz-U
launch_site	Baikonur 1/5
landing_date	UTC
landing_site	130 km from Dzhezkazgan
crew_size	3
crew_members	Leonid Kizim
Oleg Makarov
Gennady Strekalov
crew_callsign	Mayak (Beacon)
crew_photo	Image:USSR stamp Soyuz-T-3 1981 10k.jpg
crew_photo_caption	1981 USSR stamp, depicting Soyuz T-3 spacecraft and crew, from left to right: Oleg Makarov, Leonid Kizim, Gennady Strekalov
orbit_reference	Geocentric
orbit_regime	Low Earth
orbit_periapsis	200 km
orbit_apoapsis	251 km
orbit_inclination	51.6 degrees
orbit_period	88.7 minutes
apsis	gee
docking_target	Salyut 6
docking_type	dock
previous_mission	Soyuz 38
next_mission	Soyuz T-4
programme	Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Oleg Makarov Gennady Strekalov

(Crewed missions)

Soyuz T-3 was a Soviet spaceflight, launched on 27 November 1980 to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the first Soyuz spacecraft to carry three cosmonauts following the fatal Soyuz 11 disaster in 1971.

The mission was both an early flight of the new Soyuz-T variant craft, as well as one of the later flights to the Salyut 6 station, which had successfully received several crews and visiting craft in recent years. Unlike previous habitations of the station, the crew of Soyuz T-3 did not receive any visitors, and thus did not exchange Soyuz craft with other crews for a return journey, a common practice.

Crew

Backup crew

Mission summary

Although the main objective of the crew's mission was to refurbish Salyut 6, part of their mission also involved testing their spacecraft. During their brief stay on Salyut 6, the crew performed experiments using the Splav and Kristall units, and studied biological material which had been carried aboard their Soyuz using the Svetoblok and Oazis units. Much of their time, however, was devoted to station maintenance.

On 2 December they began conducting the Mikroklimat experiment to assess the station's living conditions, and began work on the thermal control system. They installed a new hydraulic unit with four pumps. On 4 December, they replaced electronics in the station's telemetry system. 5 December saw them repairing electrical system faults. Other repairs included replacement of a program and timing device in the onboard control system and replacement of a power supply unit for the compressor in the refueling system. The Salyut 6 Principal Expedition 4 crew in TsUP provided the crew with advice as they made their repairs. On 8 December, Progress 11 carried out an orbital correction for the complex.

Upon leaving the station the craft's orbital module was left attached to Salyut 6 for a few hours, while its descent and service modules completed procedures for re-entry. This procedure was also used during the undocking of Soyuz T-4. Soyuz T-3 returned to Earth on 11 December 1980, landing 130 km west of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakh SSR.

References

Yenne, Bill. (1988). "The Pictorial History of World Spaceflight". Exeter.
Portree, Mir Hardware Heritage, p. 89.

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