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Encyclopedia > Soyuz 31
Soyuz 31
Mission statistics
Mission name: Soyuz 31
Call sign: Yastreb (Hawk)
Number of crew members: 2
Launch: August 26, 1978
14:51:30 UTC
Baikonur LC1
Landing: November 2, 1978
11:04:17 UTC
140 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
Duration: 67 days 20 h, 12 min, 47 s
Number of Orbits: 124

August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... It has been suggested that leap second be merged into this article or section. ... Map showing Baikonurs location in Kazakhstan. ... November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 59 days remaining. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

Crew

Launched

Landed Valery Bykovsky Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky (Russian: Валерий Фёдорович Быковский; born 2 August 1934, Pavlovsky Posad) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three manned space mission space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31. ... Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (born February 13, 1937) was the first German cosmonaut. ... Anthem: Auferstanden aus Ruinen   Capital East Berlin, in spite of status as part of an occupied city Government Socialist state  - Last Head of State Sabine Bergmann-Pohl  - Last Head of Government Lothar de Maizière History    - Established October 7, 1949   - Final Settlement September 25, 1990   - Disestablished October 3, 1990  Area...

Backup Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok (Belarusian: Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак; Russian: Влади́мир Васи́&#1083... Aleksandr Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov (Александр Сергеевич Иванченков) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut who flew as Flight Engineer on Soyuz 29 and Soyuz T-6, he spent 147 days 12 hours 37 minutes in space. ...

(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. Viktor Gorbatko Viktor Vassilyevich Gorbatko (Russian: Виктор Васильевич Горбатко; born December 3, 1934 in Ventsy-Zarya) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions. ... Eberhard Kollner (born September 29, 1939 in Stassfurt, Germany) was selected for Soyuz 31 for Sigmund Jahn. ... Anthem: Auferstanden aus Ruinen   Capital East Berlin, in spite of status as part of an occupied city Government Socialist state  - Last Head of State Sabine Bergmann-Pohl  - Last Head of Government Lothar de Maizière History    - Established October 7, 1949   - Final Settlement September 25, 1990   - Disestablished October 3, 1990  Area...


Mission parameters

  • Mass: 6800 kg
  • Perigee: 196.8 km
  • Apogee: 259.9 km
  • Inclination: 51.64°
  • Period: 88.81 minutes

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. Salyut 6 was a Soviet space station launched on September 29, 1977. ... Launched: Vladimir Kovalyonok (2) Aleksandr Ivanchenkov (1) Landed: Valery Bykovsky (3) Sigmund Jähn - German Democratic Republic (1) Mass: 6800 kg Perigee: 197. ... Like Vostoks 3 and 4, Vostok 5 and 6 were joint missions in the Soviet space program, and like the previous pair, came close to one another in orbit and established a radio link. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Crew Launched: Vladimir Lyakhov (1) Valery Ryumin (2) Landed: empty - no crew Mission Parameters Mass: 6800 kg Perigee: 198. ...



Preceded by:
Soyuz 30		 Soyuz programme Followed by:
Soyuz 32

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