Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
12:38:52
Tuesday September 17, 1985
Soyuz T-14 (Russian: Союз Т-14) was the ninth expedition to Salyut 7. The mission relieved Soyuz T-13, whose crew had performed unprecedented repairs aboard the previously-dead station. The Soyuz is a Soviet crewed spacecraft, developed to perform lunar missions with crew. This version called 7K will fly 4 times on the giant launcher N1, and several tens of times on Proton to fly over the Moon, which will be successful during the mission Zond 4. Soyuz will become the first spacecraft to transport living beings on the Moon during the flight of Zond 5, with two turtles. Thereafter, it is adapted to the low orbit and will fly on the Soyuz launcher to supply the Soviet Salyut and Mir stations, and the ISS.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
7,000 kilograms
Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaPrice
$40.00 million
Rocket
Height: 51.32m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 7,150 kg
GTO: 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,693 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3m
Height: 15.59m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
428th
Mission
31st
Mission of 1985
1936th
Mission
67th
Mission of 1985
84th
Orbital launch attempt