Soyuz T-2
| COSPAR ID | 1980-045A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 11825 |
| Mission duration | 3 days, 22 hours, 19 minutes, 30 seconds |
| Orbits completed | 62 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-T |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Members | Yury Malyshev Vladimir Aksyonov |
| Callsign | Юпитер (Yupiter - "Jupiter") |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | June 5, 1980, 14:19:30 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | June 9, 1980, 12:39:00 UTC |
| Landing site | 200 kilometres (120 mi) SE of Dzhezkazgan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 202 kilometres (126 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 249 kilometres (155 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Period | 88.7 minutes |
| Docking with Salyut 6 | |
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz T-2 (Russian: Союз T-2, Union T-2) was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the 12th mission to and 10th successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz T-2 crew were the second to visit the long-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew.
Soyuz T-2 carried Yury Malyshev and Vladimir Aksyonov into space. A mission lasting under four days, its primary purpose was to perform a crewed test of the new Soyuz-T spacecraft.