Soyuz T-11

Soyuz T-11

COSPAR ID	1984-032A
SATCAT no.	14872

Soyuz T-11 was the 6th expedition to Salyut 7, and carried the first Indian cosmonaut to the Salyut 7 station.

Crew

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Yuri Malyshev Second spaceflight  Soviet Union	Leonid Kizim Second spaceflight  Soviet Union
Flight Engineer	Gennady Strekalov Third spaceflight  Soviet Union	Vladimir Soloviyov First spaceflight  Soviet Union
Research Cosmonaut	Rakesh Sharma First spaceflight  India	Oleg Atkov First spaceflight  Soviet Union

Backup crew

Position	Crew
Commander	Anatoli Berezovoy  Soviet Union
Flight Engineer	Georgi Grechko  Soviet Union
Research Cosmonaut	Ravish Malhotra  India

Mission parameters

• Mass: 6850 kg
• Perigee: 195 km
• Apogee: 224 km
• Inclination: 51.6°
• Period: 88.7 minutes

Mission highlights

Rakesh Sharma conducted an Earth observation program concentrating on India. He also did life sciences and materials processing experiments, including silicium fusing tests. He is also reported to have experimented with practicing Yoga to deal with the effects of prolonged orbital spaceflight.