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]
| COSPAR ID | 1977-113A |
|---|---|
| SATCAT no. | 10506 |
| Mission duration | 37 days, 10 hours, 6 minutes, 18 seconds |
| Orbits completed | 1,522 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| 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 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5[1] |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 16 January 1978, 11:24:58 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
