Soyuz 31
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| Mission statistics | |
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| 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 |
[edit] Crew
Launched
Landed
Backup
(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission.
[edit] Mission parameters
- Mass: 6800 kg
- Perigee: 196.8 km
- Apogee: 259.9 km
- Inclination: 51.64°
- Period: 88.81 minutes
[edit] 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.
| Preceded by: Soyuz 30 |
Soyuz programme | Succeeded by: Soyuz 32 |
