Soyuz 38
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Mission: | Soyuz 38 | ||
COSPAR-ID : | 1980-075A | ||
Spacecraft: |
Soyuz 7K-T ( GRAY index 11F615A8) serial number 54 |
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Dimensions: | 6800 kg | ||
Launcher: | Soyuz U (GRAY index 11A511U) | ||
Call sign: | Таймыр (" Taimyr ") | ||
Crew: | 2 | ||
Begin: | September 18, 1980, 19:11:00 UTC | ||
Starting place: | Baikonur 1/5 | ||
Space station: | Salyut 6 | ||
Coupling: | September 19, 1980, 20:49 UTC | ||
Decoupling: | September 26, 1980, 12:35 UTC | ||
Landing: | September 26, 1980, 15:54:00 UTC | ||
Landing place: | 175 km southeast of Djeskazgan | ||
Flight duration: | 7d 20h 43min | ||
Earth orbits: | 124 | ||
Rotation time : | 88.9 (91.4) min | ||
Apogee : | 273 (357) km | ||
Perigee : | 200 (345) km | ||
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Soyuz 38 is the mission name for the flight of a Soviet Soyuz spaceship to the Soviet space station Salyut 6, which started on September 18, 1980 . It was the 13th visit by a manned Soyuz spacecraft to this space station and the 60th flight in the Soviet Soyuz program.
crew
Main crew
- Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko (2nd space flight), commander
- Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (1st space flight), flight engineer ( Cuba )
Substitute team
- Yevgeny Wassiljewitsch Chrunow , commandant
- Jose Armando Lopez Falkon , flight engineer ( Cuba )
Mission overview
It was the eighth visiting team (Salyut 6 EP-8) that visited the Salyut 6 station. This visit was also part of the Interkosmos program. During the visit, the fourth regular team ( Salyut 6 EO-4 ) worked with Leonid Popov and Valeri Ryumin .
The team successfully coupled in the earth's shadow so that only the navigation lights of the approaching spaceship could be seen. Valery Ryumin filmed the main engine of the Soyuz from on board the space station. The investigations into the problems of the main engine of Soyuz 33 were thus continued.
In contrast to previous visiting missions, the space flight was not used to exchange the Soyuz spacecraft at the space station. After a week, Romanenko and Méndez returned to Earth with Soyuz 38.
See also
Web links
- Soyuz 38 at spacefacts.de
- Soyuz 38 at space.kursknet.ru (English / Russian , archived 2016)
- Soyuz 38 in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Soyuz 38 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)