Soyuz T-4

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	12.03.1981
Launch time:	19:00 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	245 - 315 km
Inclination:	51,61°
Docking Salyut 6:	13.03.1981, 20:33 UT
Undocking Salyut 6:	26.05.1981, 09:20 UT
Landing date:	26.05.1981
Landing time:	12:37 UT
Landing site:	125 km E of Dzheskasgan

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Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Kovalyonok	Vladimir Vasiliyevich	Commander	3	74d 17h 37m	1178
2	Savinykh	Viktor Petrovich	Flight Engineer	1	74d 17h 37m	1178

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Kovalyonok
2	Savinykh

Landing
1	Kovalyonok
2	Savinykh

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
1	Zudov	Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich	Commander
2	Andreyev	Boris Dmitriyevich	Flight Engineer

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 125 km east of Dzheskasgan.

Docking on Salyut 6; fifth and final resident crew of the Salyut 6 spacestation.

Visiting crews: Interkosmos-missions Soyuz 39 on 23.03.1981 and Soyuz 40 on 15.05.1981; resulting in common science research onboard the station. One of the first mission objectives of this crew was, to unload the earlier launched Progress 12-spacecraft. Meteorological studies from the Bermuda-Triangle were conducted too.

Photos / Drawings

©			Last update on January 10, 2010.