Soyuz 26

Soyuz 26 (Russian: Союз 26, Union 26) was a Soviet space mission which launched the crew of Salyut 6 EO-1, the first long duration crew on the space station Salyut 6.[2]

Soyuz 26
Spacecraft properties

COSPAR ID	1977-113A
SATCAT no.	10506
Mission duration	37 days, 10 hours, 6 minutes, 18 seconds
Orbits completed	1,522


Spacecraft type	Soyuz 7K-T
Manufacturer	NPO Energia
Launch mass	6,800 kilograms (15,000 lb)


Crew
Crew size	2
Launching	Yuri Romanenko Georgi Grechko
Landing	Vladimir Dzhanibekov Oleg Makarov
Callsign	Таймыр (Taymyr - "Taymyr Peninsula"


Start of mission
Launch date	10 December 1977, 01:18:40 (1977-12-10UTC01:18:40Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-U
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5[1]


End of mission
Landing date	16 January 1978, 11:24:58 (1978-01-16UTC11:24:59Z) UTC
Landing site	265 kilometres (165 mi) W of Tselinograd


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	193 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude	246 kilometres (153 mi)
Inclination	51.65 degrees
Period	88.67 minutes


Docking with Salyut 6

Soyuz programme (Crewed missions)

The Soyuz spacecraft was launched on 10 December 1977, and docked with the space station the next day. Soyuz 27 arrived at the station in January 1978, and its two-person crew transferred into the Soyuz 26 spacecraft to undock and land a few days later.

Crew


Position	Launching Cosmonaut	Landing Cosmonaut
Commander	Yuri Romanenko EO-1 First spaceflight	Vladimir Dzhanibekov EP-1 First spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Georgi Grechko EO-1 Second spaceflight	Oleg Makarov EP-1 Third spaceflight

Backup crew


Position	Cosmonaut
Commander	Vladimir Kovalyonok
Flight Engineer	Aleksandr Ivanchenkov
The launching and landing crews had the same backups

Mission parameters

Mass: 6,800 kg (15,000 lb)
Perigee: 193 km (120 mi)
Apogee: 246 km (153 mi)
Inclination: 51.65°
Period: 88.67 minutes

References

"Baikonur LC1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
Becker, Joachim. "Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz 26". Spacefacts.de. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

Soyuz programme

Main topics

Past missions
(by spacecraft type)

Soyuz 7K-OK (1966–1970)	Kosmos 133† Soyuz 7K-OK No.1† (uncrewed) Kosmos 140 Soyuz 1† Kosmos 186 188 212 213 238 Soyuz 2 (uncrewed) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Soyuz 7K-L1 (1967–1970) (Zond lunar programme)	Kosmos 146 154† Zond 1967A† 1967B† Zond 4 1968A† 1968B† 5 6 1969A† Zond-M 1† M 2† Zond 7 8 9 10
Soyuz 7K-L1E (1969–1970)	Soyuz 7K-L1E No.1† Kosmos 382
Soyuz 7K-LOK (1971–1972)	Soyuz 7K-LOK No.1† No.2†
Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)	Soyuz 10† 11†
Soyuz 7K-T (1972–1981)	Kosmos 496 573 Soyuz 12 Kosmos 613 Soyuz 13 Kosmos 656 Soyuz 14 15† 17 18a† 18 20 (uncrewed) 21 23† 24 25† 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (uncrewed landing) 33† 34 (uncrewed launch) 35 36 37 38 39 40
Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)	Kosmos 638 672 Soyuz 16 19 (Apollo-Soyuz) 22
Soyuz 7K-S (1974–1976)	Kosmos 670 772† 869†
Soyuz-T (1978–1986)	Kosmos 1001† 1074 Soyuz T-1 (uncrewed) T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8† T-9 T-10a† T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15
Soyuz-TM (1986–2002)	Soyuz TM-1 (uncrewed) TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34
Soyuz-TMA (2002–2012)	Soyuz TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22
Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2016)	Soyuz TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M TMA-14M TMA-15M TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M TMA-20M
Soyuz MS (2016–present)	Soyuz MS-01 MS-02 MS-03 MS-04 MS-05 MS-06 MS-07 MS-08 MS-09 MS-10† MS-11 MS-12 MS-13 MS-14 (uncrewed test flight) MS-15 MS-16

Current missions

Soyuz MS-17

Future missions

2021
- MS-18
- MS-19
- MS-20

Uncrewed missions are designated as Kosmos instead of Soyuz; exceptions are noted "(uncrewed)".
The † sign designates failed missions. Italics designates cancelled missions.

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