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| Soyuz 27 (7K-T #44) |
January 10, 1978 (12:26 GMT) |
March 18, 1978 (11:18 GMT) |
Commander: Vladimir Dzhanibekov (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 5) (Down - Soyuz 26) (5 days 22 hours 58 minutes) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 198.9 km Apogee: 253.8 km Inclination: 51.65° Crew: 94 orbits |
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
310 km W of Tselinograd (51° N, 68° E) |
Flight Engineer: Oleg Makarov (3rd Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 1) (Down - Soyuz 26) (5 days 22 hours 58 minutes) |
USSR | M | ||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U |
Docked with Salyut 6 January 11, 1978 (14:05 GMT) |
Undocked from Salyut 6 March 18, 1978 (08:27 GMT) |
Backup Crew: Vladimir Kovalyonok | USSR | M | Time 64 days 22 hours 53 minutes |
| Backup Crew: Aleksandr Ivanchenkov | USSR | M | ||||
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| Soyuz 28 (7K-T #45) |
March 2, 1978 (15:28 GMT) |
March 10, 1978 (13:45 GMT) |
Commander: Aleksei Gubarev (2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 2) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 198.9 km Apogee: 275.6 km Inclination: 51.65° 125 orbits |
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
135 km N of Arkalyk (51° N, 67° E) |
Researcher: Vladimír Remek (1st Flight) (IKO Program - Group 1) |
Czechoslovakia (CSSR) |
M | ||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U |
Docked with Salyut 6 March 3, 1978 (17:09 GMT) |
Undocked from Salyut 6 March 10, 1978 (10:23 GMT) |
Backup Crew: Nikolai Rukavishnikov | USSR | M | Time 7 days 22 hours 17 minutes |
| Backup Crew: Oldřich Pelčák | Czechoslovakia (CSSR) |
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| Soyuz 29 (7K-T #46) |
June 15, 1978 (20:16 GMT) |
September 3, 1978 (11:40 GMT) |
Commander: Vladimir Kovalyonok (2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 4) (Down - Soyuz 31) (139 days 14 hours 47 minutes) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 197.8 km Apogee: 266 km Inclination: 51.65° Crew: 2,203 orbits 1 spacewalk |
| Flight Engineer: Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (1st Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 3) (Down - Soyuz 31) (139 days 14 hours 47 minutes) |
USSR | M | ||||
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
180 km SE of Dzhezkazgan (46° N, 69° E) |
1st Backup Crew: Vladimir Lyakhov | USSR | M | Time 79 days 15 hours 23 minutes |
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| 1st Backup Crew: Valeri Ryumin | USSR | M | ||||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U |
Docked with Salyut 6 June 16, 1978 (21:58 GMT) |
Undocked from Salyut 6 September 3, 1978 (08:23 GMT) |
2nd Backup Crew: Leonid Popov | USSR | M | |
| 2nd Backup Crew: Valentin Lebedev | USSR | M | ||||
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| Soyuz 30 (7K-T(A9) #67) |
June 27, 1978 (15:27 GMT) |
July 5, 1978 (13:30 GMT) |
Commander: Pyotr Klimuk (3rd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 3) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 197.8 km Apogee: 261.3 km Inclination: 51.66° 125 orbits |
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
300 km W of Tselinograd (51° N, 66° E) |
Researcher: Mirosław Hermaszewski (1st Flight) (IKO Program - Group 1) |
Poland | M | ||
| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U |
Docked with Salyut 6 June 28, 1978 (17:07 GMT) |
Undocked from Salyut 6 July 5, 1978 (10:15 GMT) |
Backup Crew: Valeri Kubasov | USSR | M | Time 7 days 22 hours 2 minutes |
| Backup Crew: Zenon Jankowski | Poland | M | ||||
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| Soyuz 31 (7K-T #47) |
August 26, 1978 (14:51 GMT) |
November 2, 1978 (11:04 GMT) |
Commander: Valeri Bykovsky (3rd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 1) (Down - Soyuz 29) (7 days 20 hours 49 minutes) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 196.8 km Apogee: 259.9 km Inclination: 51.64° Crew: 124 orbits |
| Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
140 km SE of Dzhezkazgan (46° N, 69° E) |
Researcher: Sigmund Jähn (1st Flight) (IKO Program - Group 1) (Down - Soyuz 29) (7 days 20 hours 49 minutes) |
East Germany (GDR) |
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| Docked with Salyut 6 August 27, 1978 (16:37 GMT) |
Undocked from Salyut 6 November 2, 1978 (07:46 GMT) |
Backup Crew: Viktor Gorbatko | USSR | M | Time 67 days 20 hours 12 minutes |
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| Launch Vehicle Soyuz-U |
Port Relocation September 7, 1978 (10:53 GMT - 11:40 GMT) |
Backup Crew: Eberhard Köllner | East Germany (GDR) |
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