Monday, October 21, 2002

Soyuz 25

 1977-099A


7K-T (11F615A8) No. 42 was launched on 1977 Oct 9 as Soyuz-25. Crewmembers Vladimir Kovalyonok and Valeriy Ryumin were meant to be the first long stay expedition to DOS 5 (Salyut-6) but the docking was a failure. At only 1 m range, on final manual approach, the crew aborted the approach when they erroneously thought the approach angle was incorrect.


Soyuz-25 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1977 Oct 9  0240:35  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 0242 Blok BVGD sep 
 0245  Blok A sep 
 0249  Blok I MECO 
 0249  Blok I sep 
  TCM rev 3  205 x 228 x 51.6 
   278 x 310 x 51.6 
   339 x 352 x 51.6 
1977 Oct 10  0409  Rendezvous with DOS 5 (Salyut 6) 
 0415? Failed to dock 
 1000? Failed to dock 
  Failed to dock 
  Abandon rendezvous, still close after 3 orbits 
1977 Oct 11  0236?  Retrofire 
 0239?  DO CO 
 0256?  Modules sep 
 0302?  Entry 
 0325:20  Landed 185 km NW Tselinograd 

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