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Spacecraft "Soyuz-29"
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Spacecraft "Soyuz-29"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT SPACECRAFT |
| Registration number | 1978-061A / 10952 |
| Time and date of launch (UT) | 20h.16m.45s. June 15, 1978 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, LC 1 |
| Launch vehicle | Soyuz-U |
| Spacecraft mass (kg) | 6800 |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 51.65 |
| - period (minutes) | 88.86 |
| - perigee (km) | 197.8 |
| - apogee (km) | 266 |
| Time and date of landing (UT) | 11h.40m.34s. September 03, 1978 |
| Place of landing | 180 km SE of Dzhezkazgan |
| Duration | 79d.15h.23m.49s. |
| Distance (km) | 92.942 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 1257 |
| Summary | 4th expedition to station "Salyut-6" . Duration 140 days. EVA for 2h.05m. Docking with and unloading of cargo spacecrafts "Progress-2" , "Progress-3" , "Progress-4" . Refuel at the space. Joint work with crews of 5th and 6th expeditions. Landing in the recovery module of the spacecraft of 6th expedition. |
| LAUNCHED CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr PE-2/SLT6 |
Kovalyonok, Vladimir Vasilyevich | Lyakhov, Vladimir Afanasiyevich | Popov, Leonid Ivanovich |
| 2 | FE PE-2/SLT6 |
Ivanchenkov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich | Ryumin, Valeri Viktorovich | Lebedev, Valentin Vitalyevich |
| Call sign | Photon | |||
| LANDED CREW |
| Order number |
Status | Crew |
| 1 | Cdr VE-4/SLT6 |
Bykovsky, Valeri Fyodorovich |
| 2 | AI VE-4/SLT6 |
Jaehn, Sigmund Werner Paul |
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UT) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Jun 15, 1978 | 20:16:45 | 1 | Salyut-6:4100 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-29" (crew: Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov ). |
| Jun 16, 1978 | 21:58:14 | 18 | Salyut-6:4117 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-29" (crew: Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov ) to fore (transitional) unit of station "Salyut-6" . |
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Crew of station "Salyut-6" after docking: Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov. | |||
| Jun 27, 1978 | 15:27:21 | 1 | Salyut-6:4286 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-30" (crew: Klimuk, Hermaszewski ). |
| Jun 28, 1978 | 17:07:50 | 18 | Salyut-6:4303 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-30" (crew: Klimuk, Hermaszewski ) to aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-29" . |
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Crew of station "Salyut-6" after docking: Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov, Klimuk, Hermaszewski. | |||
| Jul 05, 1978 | 10:14:50 | 124 | Salyut-6:4409 | Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-30" (crew: Klimuk, Hermaszewski ) from aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-29" . |
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Crew of station "Salyut-6" after undocking: Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov. | |||
| Jul 05, 1978 | 12:44:00 | 125 | Salyut-6:4410 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-30" (crew: Klimuk, Hermaszewski ). |
| Jul 05, 1978 | 13:30:20 | 126 | Salyut-6:4411 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-30" (crew: Klimuk, Hermaszewski ). |
| Jul 07, 1978 | 11:26:16 | 1 | Salyut-6:4441 | Lift-off cargo "Progress-2" . |
| Jul 09, 1978 | 12:58:59 | 34 | Salyut-6:4474 | Docking of "Progress-2" to aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-29" . |
| Jul 29, 1978 | 04:00 |
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Salyut-6:4784 | Beginning of EVA ( Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov ); station "Salyut-6" ; PE-2. |
| Jul 29, 1978 | 06:20 |
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Salyut-6:4785 | Ending of EVA ( Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov ), duration 2:20; station "Salyut-6" . |
| Aug 02, 1978 | 04:57:44 | 408 | Salyut-6:4848 | Undocking of "Progress-2" from aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-29" . |
| Aug 04, 1978 | 01:31:07 | 437 | Salyut-6:4877 | Deorbit burn of "Progress-2" . |
| Aug 04, 1978 | 02:15 | 438 | Salyut-6:4878 | End of existence of "Progress-2" . |
| Aug 07, 1978 | 22:31:22 | 1 | Salyut-6:4938 | Lift-off cargo "Progress-3" . |
| Aug 09, 1978 | 23:59:30 | 34 | Salyut-6:4971 | Docking of "Progress-3" to aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-29" . |
| Aug 21, 1978 | 15:42:50 | 218 | Salyut-6:5155 | Undocking of "Progress-3" from aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-29" . |
| Aug 23, 1978 | 16:45:00 | 251 | Salyut-6:5187 | Deorbit burn of "Progress-3" . |
| Aug 23, 1978 | 17:30? | 251 | Salyut-6:5187 | End of existence of "Progress-3" . |
| Aug 26, 1978 | 14:51:30 | 1 | Salyut-6:5233 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-31" (crew: Bykovsky, Jaehn ). |
| Aug 27, 1978 | 16:37:37 | 18 | Salyut-6:5250 | Docking of spacecraft "Soyuz-31" (crew: Bykovsky, Jaehn ) to aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-29" . |
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Crew of station "Salyut-6" after docking: Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov, Bykovsky, Jaehn. | |||
| Sep 03, 1978 | 08:20? | 1256 | Salyut-6:5355 | Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-29" (crew: Bykovsky, Jaehn ) from fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-31" . |
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Crew of station "Salyut-6" after undocking: Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov. | |||
| Sep 03, 1978 | 10:52:08 | 1257 | Salyut-6:5356 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-29" (crew: Bykovsky, Jaehn ). |
| Sep 03, 1978 | 11:40:34 | 1258 | Salyut-6:5357 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-29" (crew: Bykovsky, Jaehn ). |
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