Soyuz T-8
| COSPAR ID | 1983-035A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 14014 |
| Mission duration | 2 days, 17 minutes, 48 seconds |
| Orbits completed | 32 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-T |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 6,850 kilograms (15,100 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Vladimir Titov Gennady Strekalov Aleksandr Serebrov |
| Callsign | Okean (Ocean) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | April 20, 1983, 13:10:54 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | April 22, 1983, 13:28:42 UTC |
| Landing site | 60 kilometres (37 mi) NE of Arkalyk |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 200 kilometres (120 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 230 kilometres (140 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 88.6 minutes |
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz T-8 was a crewed mission to the Salyut 7 Soviet space station in 1983. Shortly into the mission, the spacecraft failed to dock with the space station due to an incident involving an antenna being torn off the craft by the protective launch shroud. After a fuel-consuming attempt made in darkness for an optical rendezvous with Salyut 7 resulted in an abort in order to avoid collision, it was decided to de-orbit T-8 two days into the mission in order to ensure that the spacecraft had a sufficient amount of propellant for the de-orbit maneuver. After de-orbiting, landing of the craft occurred normally.