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 ![]() |
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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 (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.
Position | Launching Cosmonaut | Landing Cosmonaut |
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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 |
Position | Cosmonaut | |
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Commander | Vladimir Kovalyonok | |
Flight Engineer | Aleksandr Ivanchenkov | |
The launching and landing crews had the same backups |
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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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Kosmos 888 | Meteor-2 No.2 | Kosmos 889 | Kosmos 890 | NATO 3B | Kosmos 891 | OPS 3151 | Soyuz 24 | Kosmos 892 | Molniya-2-17 | Kosmos 893 | Tansei 3 | Kosmos 894 | Unnamed | Kiku 2 | Kosmos 895 | Kosmos 896 | Kosmos 897 | Palapa A2 | OPS 4915 | Kosmos 898 | Molniya-1-36 | Kosmos 899 | Kosmos 900 | Meteor-M No.39 | Kosmos 901 | Kosmos 902 | Kosmos 903 | Kosmos 904 | GEOS-1 | Kosmos 905 | Kosmos 906 | Molniya-3 No.19 | Kosmos 907 | OPS 9437 · OPS 9438 | Kosmos 908 | Kosmos 909 | Kosmos 910 | OPS 9751 | Kosmos 911 | Kosmos 912 | Intelsat IVA F-4 | Kosmos 913 | Kosmos 914 | OPS 5644 | Kosmos 915 | Kosmos 916 | Kosmos 917 | GOES 2 | Signe 3 | Kosmos 918 | Kosmos 919 | Kosmos 920 | NTS-2 | Molniya-1 No.45 | Kosmos 921 | OPS 4800 | Meteor-Priroda No.2-2 | Kosmos 922 | Kosmos 923 | Kosmos 924 | Kosmos 925 | Kosmos 926 | Kosmos 927 | Kosmos 928 | Himawari 1 | Kosmos 929 | Kosmos 930 | Kosmos 931 | Kosmos 932 | Kosmos 933 | Gran' No.13L | Kosmos 934 | Kosmos 935 | Kosmos 936 | TKS-VA No.009P · TKS-VA No.009A | Unnamed | HEAO-1 | Voyager 2 | Kosmos 937 | Kosmos 938 | Kosmos 939 · Kosmos 940 · Kosmos 941 · Kosmos 942 · Kosmos 943 · Kosmos 944 · Kosmos 945 · Kosmos 946 | Sirio 1 | Kosmos 947 | Molniya-1-38 | Kosmos 948 | Voyager 1 | Kosmos 949 | Kosmos 950 | Kosmos 951 | OTS-1 | Kosmos 952 | Kosmos 953 | Kosmos 954 | Kosmos 955 | Ekran No.12L | Prognoz 6 | OPS 7471 | Kosmos 956 | Interkosmos 17 | Salyut 6 | Intelsat IVA F-5 | Kosmos 957 | Soyuz 25 | Kosmos 958 | Kosmos 959 | ISEE-1 · ISEE-2 | Kosmos 960 | Kosmos 961 | Molniya-3 No.18 | Transat | Kosmos 962 | Meteosat 1 | Kosmos 963 | Unnamed | Kosmos 964 | Kosmos 965 | OPS 8781 · OPS 8781 SSU-1 · OPS 8781 SSU-2 · OPS 8781 SSU-3 | Soyuz 26 | OPS 4258 | Kosmos 966 | Kosmos 967 | Meteor-2 No.3 | Sakura 1 | Kosmos 968 | Kosmos 969 | Kosmos 970 | Kosmos 971 | Kosmos 972 | Kosmos 973 | |
Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets). |
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