Soyuz 37
Soyuz 37 (Russian: Союз 37, Union 37) was a 1980 Soviet crewed space flight to the Salyut 6 space station. It was the 13th mission to and 11th successful docking at the orbiting facility. The Soyuz 37 crew were the third to visit the long-duration Soyuz 35 resident crew.
Crew: Viktor Gorbatko with Phạm Tuân | |
| COSPAR ID | 1980-064A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 11905 |
| Mission duration | 79 days, 15 hours, 16 minutes, 54 seconds |
| Orbits completed | 124 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-T |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 6,800 kilograms (15,000 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Launching | Viktor Gorbatko Pham Tuân |
| Landing | Leonid Popov Valery Ryumin |
| Callsign | Терек (Terek – Terek River |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | July 23, 1980, 18:33:03 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | October 11, 1980, 09:49:57 UTC |
| Landing site | 180 kilometres (110 mi) SE of Dzhezkazgan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 197.8 kilometres (122.9 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 293.1 kilometres (182.1 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.61 degrees |
| Period | 89.12 minutes |
| Docking with Salyut 6 | |
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Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |
Soyuz 37 carried Soviet Viktor Gorbatko and Pham Tuan, the first Asian and first Vietnamese cosmonaut, into space. They swapped Soyuz craft with the long-duration crew and returned to Earth in Soyuz 36, the resident crew later used their craft to return to Earth.
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