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Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz T-15

March 13, 1986 at 12:33 PM UTC

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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March 13, 1986 at 12:33 PM UTC

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan · 45.9200, 63.3420

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Soyuz-U2
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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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Mission description

Soyuz T-15 was the last mission to visit the Salyut 7 space station and the first to visit the Mir space station. The mission began on March 13, 1986, 12:33:09 UTC, launching Commander Leonid Kizim and Flight Engineer Volodimir Solovyov into orbit. They docked with Mir two days later. During their stay there, crew tested station's systems and were visited by two Progress cargo spacecrafts. On May 5, 1986, 12:12:09 UTC crew undocked from Mir and docked with Salyut the next day. There they collected experiments results, instruments and performed two EVAs. On June 25 crew undocked from Salyut 7 and returned to Mir the next day. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on July 16, 1986, 12:34:05 UTC.

Vehicle

Soyuz-U2

Soyuz-U · 2

Height

34.54 m

Diameter

2.95 m

LEO capacity

7,050 kg

Successful launches

71

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Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.

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