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Spacecraft "Soyuz-22"


BRIEFLY ABOUT SPACECRAFT
Registration number 1976-093A / 09421
Time and date of launch (UT) 09h.48m.30s.   September 15, 1976
Launch site Baikonur, LC 1
Launch vehicle Soyuz-U
Spacecraft mass (kg) 6510
Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 64.76
   - period (minutes) 89.29
   - perigee (km) 192.6
   - apogee (km) 317.9
Time and date of landing (UT) 07h.40m.47s.   September 23, 1976
Place of landing 150 km (15?) NW of Tselinograd
Duration 7d.21h.52m.17s.
Distance (km) 5.29 million
Number of revolutions around Earth 127
Summary Modification of the spacecraft for multyzonal photographing of the Earth by means of camera MKF-6 (DDR).



CREW
Ord.
num.
Status Main Backup Reserved
1 Cdr Bykovsky, Valeri Fyodorovich Malyshev, Yuri Vasilyevich Popov, Leonid Ivanovich
2 FE Aksenov, Vladimir Viktorovich Strekalov, Gennadi Mikhailovich Andreyev, Boris Dmitrievich
Call sign Yastreb (Hawk)


TIMELINE
Date Time (UT) Spaceship's revo-
lution number
Explanation
Sep 15, 1976 09:48:30 1 Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-22"   (crew: Bykovsky,   Aksenov ).
Sep 23, 1976 06:55:21 127 Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-22"   (crew: Bykovsky,   Aksenov ).
Sep 23, 1976 07:40:47 128 Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-22"   (crew: Bykovsky,   Aksenov ).

Sources:
  Mission Control Center (TsUP) from 2007
  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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