Mission duration | 9 days |
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Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 6,450 kilograms (14,220 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 21 May 1986 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 30 May 1986 UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking date | 23 May 1986 |
Undocking date | 29 May 1986 |
Soyuz TM-1 was an unmanned test flight of the Soyuz-TM spacecraft, intended for use in the Mir space station program. This was the maiden flight of the Soyuz-TM spacecraft, intended as the successor to the Soyuz-T spacecraft used in the Salyut program. It docked to Mir on 23 May 1986, and undocked on the 29th.