Soyuz 31
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| Mission name | Soyuz 31 | ||||
| Crew size | 2 | ||||
| Call sign | Yastreb (Hawk) | ||||
| Launch date | August 26, 1978 14:51:30 UTC Gagarin's Start |
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| Landing | November 2, 1978 11:04:17 UTC 140 km SE of Dzhezkazgan |
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| Mission duration | 67d/20:12:47 | ||||
| Number of orbits | 124 | ||||
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[edit] Crew
Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission.
Launched:
- Valery Bykovsky (3) - Commander
- Sigmund Jähn (East Germany) (1) - Research Cosmonaut
Landed:
- Vladimir Kovalyonok (2) - Commander
- Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (1) - Flight Engineer
[edit] Backup crew
- Viktor Gorbatko - Commander
- Eberhard Köllner (East Germany) - Research Cosmonaut
[edit] Mission parameters
- Mass: 6800 kg
- Perigee: 196.8 km
- Apogee: 259.9 km
- Inclination: 51.64°
- Period: 88.81 minutes
[edit] Mission highlights
Docked with Salyut 6. Crew returned in Soyuz 29; crew duration 7 days, 20 hrs., 49 min. Jähn was first German Democratic Republic cosmonaut to orbit. Carried first German spacetraveler, paired with veteran cosmonaut Bykovski (he flew solo in Vostok 5, June, 1963). After the Yastreb crew departed from Salyut 6 in Soyuz 29 on September 3, the Foton crew transferred the Soyuz 32 to the Salyut 6 front port. Moving a replacement Soyuz to the front port became standard procedure; it freed the aft port for Progress supply ships.
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