Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz 36

Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 70 Soyuz 36 Soyuz 35 Orion USSR
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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	26.05.1980
Launch time:	18:20 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	31
Altitude:	191 - 265 km
Inclination:	51,60°
Docking Salyut 6:	27.05.1980, 19:56 UTC
Undocking Salyut 6:	31.07.1980, 11:55 UTC
Landing date:	03.06.1980
Landing time:	15:06 UTC
Landing site:	180 km SE Dzheskasgan

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Kubasov	Valeri Nikolayevich	Commander	3	7d 20h 45m	124
2	Farkas	Bertalan "Bertsi"	Research Cosmonaut	1	7d 20h 45m	124

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Kubasov
2	Farkas

Landing
1	Gorbatko
2	Pham

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Dzhanibekov	Vladimir Aleksandrovich	Commander
2	Magyari	Béla	Research Cosmonaut

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing with Soyuz 35 capsule 180 km southeast Dzheskasgan. It was the fifth Interkosmos mission. Following a one day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the Salyut 6 space station on 27.05.1980 and common work with the fourth resident crew.The mission was postponed from June 1979 because of the Soyuz 33 main engine failure.

Experiments in materials science and earth observation were carried out.