Soyuz 36

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Soyuz 36
Mission statistics
Mission name Soyuz 36
Crew size 2
Call sign Orion
Launch date May 26, 1980
18:20:39 UTC
Baikonur LC31
Landing July 31, 1980
15:15:02 UTC
140 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
Mission duration 65d/20:54:23
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.

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[edit] Backup crew

[edit] Mission parameters

  • Mass: 6800 kg
  • Perigee: 197.5 km
  • Apogee: 281.9 km
  • Inclination: 51.62°
  • Period: 89.0 minutes

[edit] Mission highlights

9th expedition to Salyut 6. Valeri Kubasov and Bertalan Farkas formed the Orion Visiting Expedition crew. Hungary’s experiments were in the areas of materials processing, Earth observation, and life sciences. Hungarian Intercosmos mission. Postponed from June 1979 after the Soyuz 33 main engine failure. Kubasov and Farkas traded their spacecraft for Soyuz 35. Soyuz 36 was later traded for Soyuz 37.