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![]() Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Soyuz 38 mission | |
COSPAR ID | 1980-075A |
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SATCAT no. | 11977 |
Mission duration | 7 days, 20 hours, 43 minutes, 24 seconds |
Orbits completed | 124 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-T |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 6,800 kilograms (15,000 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 2 |
Members | Yuri Romanenko Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez |
Callsign | Taimyr |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | September 18, 1980, 19:11:03 | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | September 26, 1980, 15:54:27 | UTC
Landing site | 175 km SE of Dzhezkazgan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 199.7 kilometres (124.1 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 273.5 kilometres (169.9 mi) |
Inclination | 51.63 degrees |
Period | 88.194 minutes |
Docking with Salyut 6 | |
![]() Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz 38 was a human spaceflight mission conducted by the Soviet Union during September, 1980.[1] The Soyuz spacecraft brought two visiting crew members to the Salyut 6 space station, one of whom was an Intercosmos cosmonaut from Cuba.