Friday, October 23, 1998

Soyuz 34

 1979-049A


Soyuz spacecraft number 50 (11F615A8 No. 50, 7K-T No. 50) was hastily modified to correct the problem encountered with No. 49's engine, and launched without a crew to provide the EO-3 astronauts with a fresh ferry vehicle. Lyakhov and Ryumin used it to return to Earth.


Soyuz-34 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1979 Jun 6  1812:41  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 1815 Blok BVGD sep 
 1817  Blok A sep 
 1821  Blok I MECO 
 1821  Blok I sep 
   198 x 270 x 51.6 
 2030Test burn 1 
 2155Test burn 2 
1979 Jun 7  0630Test burn 3 
1979 Jun 8  0756Test burn 4 
 2002  Docked with Salyut-6 +X 
1979 Jun 14  1425EO-3 crew to Soyuz-34 
 1618  Undocked +X 
 1637Docked Salyut-6 -X 
 1720EO-3 crew to Salyut 
1979 Aug 16  1210Burn to correct DOS orbit  386 x 411 x 51.6 
1979 Aug 19  0645EO-3 crew to Soyuz-34 
 0907  Undocked 
 1140?  DO 
 1144?  DO CO 
 1200?  Modules sep 
 1205?  Entry 
 1229:26  Landed 170 km SE Dzez

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