Soyuz 32
| Mission Statistics
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| Mission Name: | Soyuz 32
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| Call Sign: | Proton
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| Number of Crew Members: | 2
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| Launch: | February 25, 1979
11:53:49 UTC
Baikonur LC1
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| Landing: | June 13, 1979
16:18:26 UTC
170 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
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| Duration: | 108 days 04 hours 24 minutes 37 seconds
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Number of
Orbits: | 2755
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Crew
Launched:
Landed:
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 6800 kg
- Perigee: 198.4 km
- Apogee: 274.3 km
- Inclination: 51.61°
- Period: 89.94 minutes
Mission Highlights
7th expedition to Salyut 6. Docked with Salyut 6. Crew returned in Soyuz 34; crew duration 175 days, 36 min.
Its long-duration crew spent 175 days on Salyut 6. Less than 2 months into
their stay, Soyuz 33 failed to dock because of a main engine malfunction.
Soyuz 32 returned to Earth unmanned with a cargo of experiment results and
equipment no longer in use after Soyuz 34 had docked unmanned with Salyut 6
to replace it.
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