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Spacecraft "Soyuz-18"


BRIEFLY ABOUT SPACECRAFT
Registration number 1975-044A / 07818
Time and date of launch (UTC) 14h.58m.10s.   May 24, 1975
Launch site Baikonur, LC 1
Launch vehicle Soyuz
Spacecraft mass (kg) 6825
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 51.61
   - period (minutes) 88.61
   - perigee (km) 193.2
   - apogee (km) 247.5
Time and date of landing (UTC) 14h.18m.18s.   July 26, 1975
Place of landing 56 km NE of Arkalyk
Duration 62d.23h.20m.08s.
Distance (km) 41.904 million
Number of revolutions around Earth 993
Summary 2nd expedition to the orbital station "Salyut-4" . Duration more than 2 months.



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr
PE-2/SLT4
Klimuk, Pyotr Ilyich Kovalyonok, Vladimir Vasilyevich
2 FE
PE-2/SLT4
Sevastyanov, Vitali Ivanovich Ponomarev, Yuri Anatolyevich
Call sign Caucasus


TIMELINE
Date Time (UTC) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Station's revo-
lution number
Explanation
May 24, 1975 14:58:10 1 Salyut-4:2359 Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-18"   (crew: Klimuk,   Sevastyanov ).
May 25, 1975 21:30 21 Salyut-4:2379 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-18"   (crew: Klimuk,   Sevastyanov ) to station "Salyut-4" .

Crew of station "Salyut-4"   after docking: Klimuk,   Sevastyanov.
Jul 15, 1975 12:20:00 1
Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-19"   (crew: Leonov,   Kubasov ).
Jul 15, 1975 19:50:01 1 Soyuz-19:6 Lift-off spacecraft "ASTP"   (crew: Stafford,   Brand,   Slayton ).
Jul 17, 1975 16:09:09 36 Apollo-18:-31 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-19"   (crew: Leonov,   Kubasov ) with spacecraft "ASTP" .
Jul 17, 1975 16:09:09 31 Soyuz-19:36 Docking of spacecraft "ASTP"   (crew: Stafford,   Brand,   Slayton ) with spacecraft "Soyuz-19" .
Jul 19, 1975 12:03:20 65 Apollo-18:-60 Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-19"   (crew: Leonov,   Kubasov ) from spacecraft "ASTP" ; spacecrafts were docked 43h.54m.11s.
Jul 19, 1975 12:03:20 60 Soyuz-19:65 Undocking of spacecraft "ASTP"   (crew: Stafford,   Brand,   Slayton ) from spacecraft "Soyuz-19" .
Jul 19, 1975 12:33:39 66 Apollo-18:-61 Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-19"   (crew: Leonov,   Kubasov ) with spacecraft "ASTP" .
Jul 19, 1975 12:33:39 61 Soyuz-19:66 Docking of spacecraft "ASTP"   (crew: Stafford,   Brand,   Slayton ) with spacecraft "Soyuz-19" .
Jul 19, 1975 15:26:12 68 Apollo-18:-63 Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-19"   (crew: Leonov,   Kubasov ) from spacecraft "ASTP" ; spacecrafts were docked 46h.46m.44s. totally.
Jul 19, 1975 15:26:12 63 Soyuz-19:68 Undocking of spacecraft "ASTP"   (crew: Stafford,   Brand,   Slayton ) from spacecraft "Soyuz-19" .
Jul 21, 1975 10:10:21 96 Apollo-18:-91 Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-19"   (crew: Leonov,   Kubasov ).
Jul 21, 1975 10:50:51 97 Apollo-18:-92 Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-19"   (crew: Leonov,   Kubasov ).
Jul 24, 1975 20:37:47 147
Deorbit burn of spacecraft "ASTP"   (crew: Stafford,   Brand,   Slayton ).
Jul 24, 1975 21:18:24 148
Splashdown of spacecraft "ASTP"   (crew: Stafford,   Brand,   Slayton ).
Jul 26, 1975 10:56 991 Salyut-4:3350 Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-18"   (crew: Klimuk,   Sevastyanov ) from station "Salyut-4" .

There is nobody at the station "Salyut-4" .
Jul 26, 1975 13:40? 993 Salyut-4:3351 Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-18"   (crew: Klimuk,   Sevastyanov ).
Jul 26, 1975 14:18:18 994 Salyut-4:3352 Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-18"   (crew: Klimuk,   Sevastyanov ).

Sources:
  Mission Control Center (TsUP) from 2007
  CBS News
  Spaceflight now
  Alexander Zheleznyakov
  journal "Novosti Kosmonavtiki" ("News of Cosmonautics") from 1993 till our time
  journal "Kosmonavtika, astronomiya" ("Cosmonautics, astronomy") 1983-1991 years
  book "Evolution of vehicle-creating and cosmonautics in the USSR" by Valentin P. Glushko, Moscow, 1987
  Jonathan's Space Report
  and many other people and editions
  


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