Soyuz 26
This article is about the Soyuz 26 spacecraft. For the crew launched in Soyuz 26, see Salyut 6 EO-1.
COSPAR ID | 1977-113A[1] | ||||
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SATCAT № | 10506[1] | ||||
Mission duration | 37 days, 10 hours, 6 minutes, 18 seconds | ||||
Orbits completed | 1,522 | ||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||
Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-T | ||||
Manufacturer | NPO Energia | ||||
Launch mass | 6,800 kilograms (15,000 lb) | ||||
Crew | |||||
Crew size | 2 | ||||
Launching |
Yuri Romanenko Georgi Grechko | ||||
Landing |
Vladimir Dzhanibekov Oleg Makarov | ||||
Callsign | Таймыр (Taymyr - "Taymyr Peninsula" | ||||
Start of mission | |||||
Launch date | 10 December 1977, 01:18:40 UTC | ||||
Rocket | Soyuz-U | ||||
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5[2] | ||||
End of mission | |||||
Landing date | 16 January 1978, 11:24:58 UTC | ||||
Landing site | 265 kilometres (165 mi) W of Tselinograd | ||||
Orbital parameters | |||||
Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
Regime | Low Earth | ||||
Perigee | 193 kilometres (120 mi) | ||||
Apogee | 246 kilometres (153 mi) | ||||
Inclination | 51.65 degrees | ||||
Period | 88.67 minutes | ||||
Docking with Salyut 6 | |||||
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Soyuz 26 (Russian: Союз 26, Union 26) was a Soviet space mission which launched the crew of Salyut 6 EO-1, the first long duration crew on the space station Salyut 6.[3]
The Soyuz spacecraft was launched on 10 December 1977, and docked with the space station the next day. Soyuz 27 arrived at the station in January 1978, and its two-person crew transferred into the Soyuz 26 spacecraft to undock and land a few days later.
Crew
Position | Launching Cosmonaut | Landing Cosmonaut |
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Commander | Yuri Romanenko EO-1 First spaceflight |
Vladimir Dzhanibekov EP-1 First spaceflight |
Flight Engineer | Georgi Grechko EO-1 Second spaceflight |
Oleg Makarov EP-1 Third spaceflight |
Backup crew
Position | Cosmonaut | |
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Commander | Vladimir Kovalyonok | |
Flight Engineer | Aleksandr Ivanchenkov | |
The launching and landing crews had the same backups |
Mission parameters
- Mass: 6,800 kg (15,000 lb)
- Perigee: 193 km (120 mi)
- Apogee: 246 km (153 mi)
- Inclination: 51.65°
- Period: 88.67 minutes
References
- 1 2 McDowell, Jonathan. "SATCAT". Jonathan's Space Pages. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ↑ "Baikonur LC1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ↑ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-26.htm
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