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.jpg) Soviet postage stamp commemorating the Soyuz 38 mission | |
| COSPAR ID | 1980-075A |
|---|---|
| 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.
- ^ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-38.htm