Manned Spaceflights - 1980

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Flight Launch Landing Name Country   Parameters
Soyuz 35
(7K-T #51)
April 9, 1980
(13:38 GMT)
June 3, 1980
(15:06 GMT)
Commander: Leonid Popov
(1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 5)
(Down - Soyuz 37) (184 days 20 hours 11 minutes)
USSR M Perigee: 198 km
Apogee: 259.7 km
Inclination: 51.65°
Crew: 2,917 orbits
Site-31 (Launch Pad 6)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
180 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
(46° N, 69° E)
Flight Engineer: Valeri Ryumin
(3rd Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 3)
(Down - Soyuz 37) (184 days 20 hours 11 minutes)
USSR M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-U
Docked with Salyut 6
April 10, 1980

(15:16 GMT)
Undocked from Salyut 6
June 3, 1980

(11:50 GMT)
Backup Crew: Vyacheslav Zudov USSR M Time
55 days
1 hour
29 minutes
Backup Crew: Boris Andreyev USSR M

Soyuz 36
(7K-T #52)
May 26, 1980
(18:20 GMT)
July 31, 1980
(15:15 GMT)
Commander: Valeri Kubasov
(3rd Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 1)
(Down - Soyuz 35) (7 days 20 hours 46 minutes)
USSR M Perigee: 197.5 km
Apogee: 281.9 km
Inclination: 51.62°
Crew: 124 orbits
Site-31 (Launch Pad 6)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
140 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
(46° N, 69° E)
Researcher: Farkas Bertalan
(1st Flight) (IKO Program - Group 2)
(Down - Soyuz 35) (7 days 20 hours 46 minutes)
Hungary M
Docked with Salyut 6
May 27 , 1980

(19:56 GMT)
Undocked from Salyut 6
July 31, 1980

(11:55 GMT)
Backup Crew: Vladimir Dzhanibekov USSR M Time
65 days
20 hours
54 minutes
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-U
Port Relocation
June 4, 1980

(16:38 GMT - 17:09 GMT)
Backup Crew: Magyari Béla Hungary M

Soyuz T-2
(7K-ST #7L)
June 5, 1980
(14:19 GMT)
June 9, 1980
(12:39 GMT)
Commander: Yuri Malyshev
(1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 4)
USSR M Perigee: 202 km
Apogee: 249 km
Inclination: 51.6°
62 orbits
Flight Engineer: Vladimir Aksyonov
(2nd Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 3)
USSR M
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
200 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
(46° N, 69° E)
1st Backup Crew: Leonid Kizim USSR M Time
3 days
22 hours
19 minutes
1st Backup Crew: Oleg Makarov USSR M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-U
Docked with Salyut 6
June 6, 1980

(15:58 GMT)
Undocked from Salyut 6
June 9, 1980

(11:25 GMT)
2nd Backup Crew: Vasili Lazarev USSR M
2nd Backup Crew: Gennadi Strekalov USSR M

Soyuz 37
(7K-T #53)
July 23, 1980
(18:33 GMT)
October 11, 1980
(09:49 GMT)
Commander: Viktor Gorbatko
(3rd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 1)
(Down - Soyuz 36) (7 days 20 hours 42 minutes)
USSR M Perigee: 197.8 km
Apogee: 293.1 km
Inclination: 51.61°
Crew: 124 orbits
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
180 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
(46° N, 69° E)
Researcher: Pham Tuân
(1st Flight) (IKO Program - Group 3)
(Down - Soyuz 36) (7 days 20 hours 42 minutes)
Vietnam M
Docked with Salyut 6
July 24, 1980

(20:02 GMT)
Undocked from Salyut 6
October 11, 1980

(06:32 GMT)
Backup Crew: Valeri Bykovsky USSR M Time
79 days
15 hours
16 minutes
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-U
Port Relocation
August 1, 1980

(16:43 GMT - 17:13 GMT)
Backup Crew: Bui Liem Vietnam M

Soyuz 38
(7K-T #54)
September 18, 1980
(19:11 GMT)
September 26, 1980
(15:54 GMT)
Commander: Yuri Romanenko
(2nd Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 5)
USSR M Perigee: 199.7 km
Apogee: 273.5 km
Inclination: 51.63°
124 orbits
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
175 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
(46° N, 69° E)
Researcher: Arnaldo Tamayo-Méndez
(1st Flight) (IKO Program - Group 2)
Cuba M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-U
Docked with Salyut 6
September 19, 1980

(20:49 GMT)
Undocked from Salyut 6
September 26, 1980

(12:35 GMT)
Backup Crew: Yevgeni Khrunov USSR M Time
7 days
20 hours
43 minutes
Backup Crew: José Armando López-Falcón Cuba M

Soyuz T-3
(7K-ST #8L)
November 27, 1980
(14:18 GMT)
December 10, 1980
(09:26 GMT)
Commander: Leonid Kizim
(1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 3)
USSR M Perigee: 200 km
Apogee: 251 km
Inclination: 51.6°
204 orbits
Flight Engineer: Oleg Makarov
(4th Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 1)
USSR M
Flight Engineer: Gennadi Strekalov
(1st Flight) (TsKBEM Detachment - Group 3)
USSR M
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5)
Baikonur Cosmodrome
130 km E of Dzhezkazgan
(46° N, 69° E)
1st Backup Crew: Vasili Lazarev USSR M Time
12 days
19 hours
7 minutes
1st Backup Crew: Viktor Savinkyh USSR M
1st Backup Crew: Valeri Polyakov USSR M
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-U
Docked with Salyut 6
November 28, 1980

(15:54 GMT)
Undocked from Salyut 6
December 10, 1980

(06:10 GMT)
2nd Backup Crew: Yuri Isaulov USSR M
2nd Backup Crew: Nikolai Rukavishnikov USSR M
2nd Backup Crew: Mikhail Potapov USSR M

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