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Spacecraft "Soyuz-31"
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Spacecraft "Soyuz-31"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT SPACECRAFT |
| Registration number | 1978-081A / 11010 |
| Time and date of launch (UT) | 14h.51m.30s. August 26, 1978 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, LC 1 |
| Launch vehicle | Soyuz-U |
| Spacecraft mass (kg) | 6800 |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 51.64 |
| - period (minutes) | 88.81 |
| - perigee (km) | 196.8 |
| - apogee (km) | 259.9 |
| Time and date of landing (UT) | 11h.04m.17s. November 02, 1978 |
| Place of landing | 140 km SE of Dzhezkazgan |
| Duration | 67d.20h.12m.47s. |
| Distance (km) | 5.228 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 1070 |
| Summary | 6th expedition to station "Salyut-6" . 3rd international crew. Joint work of 4 astronauts at the orbital complex. Landing in the recovery module of the spacecraft of 4th expedition. |
| LAUNCHED CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr VE-4/SLT6 |
Bykovsky, Valeri Fyodorovich | Gorbatko, Viktor Vasilyevich | |
| 2 | AI VE-4/SLT6 |
Jaehn, Sigmund Werner Paul | Koellner, Eberhard | |
| Call sign | Yastreb (Hawk) | |||
| LANDED CREW |
| Order number |
Status | Crew |
| 1 | Cdr PE-2/SLT6 |
Kovalyonok, Vladimir Vasilyevich |
| 2 | FE PE-2/SLT6 |
Ivanchenkov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich |
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UT) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| 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 ). |
| Sep 07, 1978 | 10:53 | 187 | Salyut-6:5419 | Undocking (redocking to another docking unit) of spacecraft "Soyuz-31" (crew: Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov ) from aft (aggregative) unit of station "Salyut-6" . |
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There is nobody at the station "Salyut-6" . | |||
| Sep 07, 1978 | 12:03? | 188 | Salyut-6:5420 | Docking (redocking to another docking unit) of spacecraft "Soyuz-31" (crew: Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov ) to fore (transitional) unit of station "Salyut-6" . |
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Crew of station "Salyut-6" after docking: Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov. | |||
| Oct 03, 1978 | 23:09:30 | 1 | Salyut-6:5838 | Lift-off cargo "Progress-4" . |
| Oct 06, 1978 | 01:00:15 | 34 | Salyut-6:5871 | Docking of "Progress-4" to aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-31" . |
| Oct 24, 1978 | 13:01:52 | 326 | Salyut-6:6163 | Undocking of "Progress-4" from aft (aggregative) unit of orbital complex "Salyut-6" - "Soyuz-31" . |
| Oct 26, 1978 | 16:28:13 | 360 | Salyut-6:6196 | Deorbit burn of "Progress-4" . |
| Oct 26, 1978 | 17:15? | 360 | Salyut-6:6197 | End of existence of "Progress-4" . |
| Nov 02, 1978 | 07:46 | 1068 | Salyut-6:6301 | Undocking of spacecraft "Soyuz-31" (crew: Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov ) from fore (transitional) unit of station "Salyut-6" . |
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There is nobody at the station "Salyut-6" . | |||
| Nov 02, 1978 | 10:15:17 | 1070 | Salyut-6:6302 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-31" (crew: Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov ). |
| Nov 02, 1978 | 11:04:17 | 1071 | Salyut-6:6303 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-31" (crew: Kovalyonok, Ivanchenkov ). |
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