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| COSPAR ID | 1978-061A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 10952 |
| Mission duration | 79 days, 15 hours, 23 minutes, 49 seconds |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-T |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 6,800 kilograms (15,000 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Launching | Vladimir Kovalyonok Aleksandr Ivanchenkov |
| Landing | Valery Bykovsky Sigmund Jähn |
| Callsign | Фотон (Foton – "Photon") |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 15 June 1978, 20:16:45 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5[1] |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 3 September 1978, 11:40:34 UTC |
| Landing site | 46°N 69°E / 46°N 69°E |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 197.8 kilometres (122.9 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 266 kilometres (165 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.65 degrees |
| Period | 88.86 minutes |
| Docking with Salyut 6 | |
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Soyuz 29 (Russian: Союз 29, Union 29) was a 1978 crewed Soviet space mission to the Salyut 6 space station.[2] It was the fifth mission, the fourth successful docking, and the second long-duration crew for the orbiting station. Commander Vladimir Kovalyonok and flight engineer Aleksandr Ivanchenkov established a new space-endurance record of 139 days.
The crew returned in Soyuz 31, which had been swapped by a crew launched in August who returned in Soyuz 29.
- ^ "Baikonur LC1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ^ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-29.htm