Salyut 7's arrival in orbit heralded five major blocks of activity. The Soviet Union was still adhering to a policy of avoiding missions that ran over winter. This was because of potential problems caused by the weather either at launch or for spacecraft landings. These took place in central Asia, deep inside the continental land mass where sub-zero winter temperatures are the norm.
1982 saw a single crew occupancy setting a 211 day endurance while receiving a succession of visiting crews and re-supply missions using the Progress spacecraft. One new face was the Soviet Union's second female cosmonaut - Svetlana Savitskaya.
Date (UTC) |
Time (UTC) |
Event |
1982 Apr 19 |
19:45 |
Salyut 7 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Proton rocket into 213 x 261 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
1982 May 5 |
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Salyut 7 established in 346 x 347 kilometre, operational orbit |
1982 May 13 |
09:58 |
Soyuz T-5 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 192 x 231 kilometre orbit with Anatoly Berezovoi and Valentin Lebedev aboard |
1982 May 14 |
11:35 |
Soyuz T-5 docks at the forward port of Salyut 7 - orbit is 343 x 346 kilometres |
1982 May 17 |
11:07 |
Iskra 2, experimental amateur-radio satellite, ejected through Salyut 7 waste disposal hatch into 336 x 345 kilometre orbit |
1982 May 23 |
05:57 |
Progress 13 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 175 x 240 kilometre orbit |
1982 May 25 |
07:57 |
Progress 13 docks at the aft port of Salyut 7 - orbit is 338 x 343 kilometres |
1982 Jun 2 |
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Firings of Progress 13 manoeuvring engine are used to lower Salyut 7 orbit to 291 x 321 kilometres in preparation for the Soyuz T-6 mission |
1982 Jun 4 |
06:31 |
Progress 13 undocks |
1982 Jun 6 |
00:05 |
Progress 13 fires its manoeuvring engine to initiate re-entry |
1982 Jun 6 |
00:50 |
Approx time - Progress 13 enters the Earth atmosphere above the southern Pacific Ocean and is destroyed by frictional heating |
1982 Jun 24 |
16:29 |
Soyuz T-6 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 189 x 233 kilometre orbit with Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Aleksandr Ivanchenkev and Jean-Loup Chretien (France) aboard |
1982 Jun 25 |
17:46 |
Soyuz T-6 docks at the aft port of Salyut 7, fourteen minutes earlier than planned due to a computer problem - orbit is 283 x 306 kilometers |
1982 Jul 2 |
11:03 |
Soyuz T-6 undocks with the Soviet/French crew aboard |
1982 Jul 2 |
14:20 |
Soyuz T-6 lands - 65 kilometres north-east of Arkalyk |
1982 Jul 9 |
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Iskra 2 - the satellite released from Salyut 7, 1982 May 17, enters the Earth atmosphere as a result of natural decay of the orbit through air drag, and is destroyed by frictional heating |
1982 Jul 10 |
09:58 |
Progress 14 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 186 x 242 kilometre orbit |
1982 Jul 12 |
11:41 |
Progress 14 docks at the aft port of Salyut 7 - orbit is 301 x 325 kilometres |
1982 Jul 30 |
02:39 |
Berezovoi and Lebedev start space walk to retrieve experimental samples from the outside of Salyut 7 |
1982 Jul 30 |
05:12 |
Berezovoi and Lebedev complete space walk after 2 hr-33 min |
1982 Aug 10 |
22:11 |
Progress 14 undocks |
1982 Aug 13 |
01:29 |
Progress 14 fires its manoeuvring engine to initiate re-entry |
1982 Aug 13 |
02:15 |
Approx time - Progress 14 enters the Earth atmosphere above the southern Pacific Ocean and is destroyed by frictional heating |
1982 Aug 19 |
17:11 |
Soyuz T-7 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 228 x 280 kilometre orbit with Leonid Popov, Aleksandr Serebrov and Svetlana Savitskaya (second ever female cosmonaut) aboard |
1982 Aug 20 |
18:32 |
Soyuz T-7 docks at the aft port of Salyut 7 - orbit is 308 x 332 kilometres |
1982 Aug 27 |
11:43 |
Soyuz T-5 undocks with the Soyuz T-7 crew aboard |
1982 Aug 27 |
15:04 |
Soyuz T-5 lands |
1982 Aug 29 |
14:47 |
Berezovoi and Lebedev undock Soyuz T-7, wait for Salyut 7 to execute a 180 degree turn, and re-dock with the forward port of Salyut 7 - the operation takes approx 20 minutes |
1982 Sep 18 |
04:59 |
Progress 15 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 190 x 230 kilometre orbit |
1982 Sep 20 |
06:12 |
Progress 15 docks at the aft port of Salyut 7 - orbit is 313 x 333 kilometres |
1982 Oct 14 |
13:46 |
Progress 15 undocks |
1982 Oct 16 |
17:18 |
Progress 15 fires its manoeuvring engine to initiate re-entry |
1982 Oct 16 |
18:05 |
Approx time - Progress 15 enters the Earth atmosphere above the southern Pacific Ocean and is destroyed by frictional heating |
1982 Oct 31 |
11:20 |
Progress 16 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 286 x 245 kilometre orbit, its cargo includes a small satellite - Iskra 3 |
1982 Nov 2 |
13:22 |
Progress 16 docks at the aft port of Salyut 7 - orbit is 355 x 364 kilometres |
1982 Nov 18 |
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Iskra-3, experimental amateur-radio satellite, ejected through Salyut 7 waste disposal hatch into 345 x 346 kilometre orbit |
1982 Dec 10 |
15:45 |
Approx time - Soyuz T-7 undocks with Berezovoi and Lebedev aboard |
1982 Dec 10 |
19:02 |
Soyuz T-7 lands -190 kilometres east of Dzhezhkazgan - Berezovoi and Lebedev have set a new, 211 day, space-flight duration record |
1982 Dec 13 |
15:32 |
Progress 16 undocks |
1982 Dec 14 |
17:17 |
Progress 16 fires its manoeuvring engine to initiate re-entry |
1982 Dec 14 |
18:00 |
Approx time - Progress 16 enters the Earth atmosphere above the southern Pacific Ocean and is destroyed by frictional heating |
1982 Dec 18 |
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Iskra 3 - the satellite released from Salyut 7, 1982 Nov 18 - re-enters the Earth atmosphere as a result of natural decay of the orbit through air drag, and is destroyed by frictional heating |
