Soyuz 26
| COSPAR ID | 1977-113A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 10506 |
| Mission duration | 37 days, 10 hours, 6 minutes, 18 seconds |
| Orbits completed | 1,522 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-T |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 6,800 kilograms (15,000 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Launching |
Yuri Romanenko Georgi Grechko |
| Landing |
Vladimir Dzhanibekov Oleg Makarov |
| Callsign | Таймыр (Taymyr - "Taymyr Peninsula" |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 10 December 1977, 01:18:40 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 16 January 1978, 11:24:58 UTC |
| Landing site | 265 kilometres (165 mi) W of Tselinograd |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | 193 kilometres (120 mi) |
| Apogee | 246 kilometres (153 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.65 degrees |
| Period | 88.67 minutes |
| Docking with Salyut 6 | |
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Soyuz programme
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Soyuz 26 (Russian: Союз 26, Union 26) was a Soviet space mission which launched the crew of Salyut 6 EO-1, the first long duration crew on the space station Salyut 6.
The Soyuz spacecraft was launched on 10 December 1977, and docked with the space station the next day. Soyuz 27 arrived at the station in January 1978, and its two-person crew transferred into the Soyuz 26 spacecraft to undock and land a few days later.
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