Friday, June 23, 1989

Soyuz 40

 1981-042A


The final launch in the original Soyuz series was spacecraft 11F615A8 No. 56, a 7K-T model which was given the name Soyuz-40 after launch. It took off from Baikonur aboard a Soyuz-U launch vehicle in May 1981, carrying Pol. Leonid Popov of the Soviet Air Force and Sen. Lt. Dumitru Prunariu of the Romanian Army Air Force. Soyuz-40 docked with the rear port of Salyut-6 the next day.


Soyuz-40 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1981 May 14  1716:38  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 1718 Blok BVGD sep 
 1720  Blok A sep 
 1725  Blok I MECO 
 1725  Blok I sep 
 1900
89.1 191 x 269 x 51.6 
 2300 260 x 307 x 51.6 
1981 May 15  1850  Docked with Salyut-6 +X 
 2200  Hatch open 
1981 May 22  0800Hatch closed 
 1037  Undocked  339 x 372 x 51.6 
 1312?  Retrofire   
 1316?  DO CO 
 1328?  PAO sep 
 1335?  Entry 
 1358:30  Landed 

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