Soyuz 29
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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.
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COSPAR ID | 1978-061A |
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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 (1978-06-15UTC20:16:45Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5[1] |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 3 September 1978, 11:40:34 (1978-09-03UTC11:40:35Z) UTC |
Landing site | 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 | |
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
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The crew returned in Soyuz 31, which had been swapped by a crew launched in August who returned in Soyuz 29.