Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz 30

Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 65 Soyuz 30 Kavkaz USSR
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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	27.06.1978
Launch time:	15:27 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	195 - 244 km
Inclination:	51,64°
Docking Salyut 6:	28.06.1978, 17:07:50 UTC
Undocking Salyut 6:	05.07.1978, 10:15:40 UTC
Landing date:	05.07.1978
Landing time:	13:30 UTC
Landing site:	300 km W of Tselinograd

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alternate crew photo

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Klimuk	Pyotr Iliyich	Commander	3	7d 22h 02m	125
2	Hermaszewski	Miroslaw "Mirek"	Research Cosmonaut	1	7d 22h 02m	125

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Klimuk
2	Hermaszewski

Landing
1	Klimuk
2	Hermaszewski

Animations: Soyuz


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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Kubasov	Valeri Nikolayevich	Commander
2	Jankowski	Zenon "Zden"	Research Cosmonaut

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 300 km west of Tselinograd. It was the second Interkosmos mission. Following a one day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the Salyut 6 space station on 28.06.1978 and common work with the second resident crew.

Experiments on the field of materials science. Photography of Earth surface and study of the aurora borealis together with the resident crew.