Soyuz 31

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Soyuz 31
Mission statistics
Mission name Soyuz 31
Crew size 2
Call sign Yastreb (Hawk)
Launch date August 26, 1978
14:51:30 UTC
Gagarin's Start
Landing November 2, 1978
11:04:17 UTC
140 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
Mission duration 67d/20:12:47
Number of orbits 124
Related missions
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Soyuz 30 Soyuz 32

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[edit] Crew

Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission.

Launched:

Landed:

[edit] Backup crew

[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.