- Soyuz 36
Infobox Space mission
mission_name = Soyuz 36
sign = Orion
crew_members = 2
launch =May 26 ,1980
18:20:39 UTCBaikonur LC31
landing =July 31 ,1980
15:15:02 UTC
140 km SE ofDzhezkazgan
duration = 65d/20:54:23
orbits = 124
next =Soyuz T-2
previous =Soyuz 35 |Crew
Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission.
Launched:
*Valery Kubasov (3) - Commander
*Bertalan Farkas (Hungary ) (1) - Research CosmonautLanded:
*Viktor Gorbatko (3) - Commander
*Pham Tuân (Vietnam ) (1) - Research CosmonautBackup crew
*
Vladimir Dzhanibekov - Commander
*Béla Magyari (Hungary ) - Research CosmonautMission parameters
*Mass: 6800 kg
*Perigee: 197.5 km
*Apogee: 281.9 km
*Inclination: 51.62°
*Period: 89.0 minutesMission highlights
9th expedition to Salyut 6. Valeri Kubasov and Bertalan Farkas formed the OrionVisiting Expedition crew. Hungary’s experiments were in the areas of materialsprocessing, Earth observation, and life sciences. Hungarian Intercosmos mission. Postponed from June 1979 after the Soyuz 33 main engine failure. Kubasov and Farkas traded their spacecraft for Soyuz 35. Soyuz 36 was later traded for Soyuz 37.
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