Soyuz 28

Launch & orbit data: Designation  10694 / 78023A Launch date - time  02 Mar 1978 - 15:28:10 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC1 Launch vehicle  Soyuz 11A511U OKB name - S/N°  Soyuz 7K-T s/n 45 Basic shape  Sphere-cylinder + 2 wings Dimension (m)  7.5 long, 2.3 dia Mass (kg)  6570? kg Flight Crew (EP-2)  Gubarev, Aleksei A. (CDR) Remek, Vladimir (CR) Call Sign  Zenit (Zenith) Backup crew  Rukavishnikov N., Pelczak O. Earth orbit on Mar 2.9:    - Perigee / Apogee  192 x 246 km    - Eccentricity  0.004    - Inclination  51.63°    - Period  88.82 min

Docking & landing data: Docking date - time  03 Mar 1978 -17:09:30 UT Target spacecraft/port  Salyut 6/ aft Docking orbit on Mar 3.9:    - Perigee / Apogee  334 x 353 km    - Eccentricity  0.001    - Inclination  51.62°    - Period  91.35 min Undocking date - time  10 Mar 1978 - 10:23:30 UT Deorbit burn date - time  10 Mar 1978 - 12:54:34 UT Landing date - time  10 Mar 1978 - 13:44:40 UT Landing location  51°N, 67°E 135 km N of Arkalyk Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  07:22:16:30 (7.93 days) Nbr orbits  125

Flight Crew

Mission details:

• First Intercosmos-Mission with a Czech-Slowakian cosmonaut on board; docking on Salyut 6; crystall-growing experiments.
• Soyuz 28 docked with Salyut 6 (2nd airlock) on 1978 Mar 3.715, with one Russian and one Czechoslovak cosmonaut; undocked 1978 Mar 10.43
• Delivery to the Salyut-6 station of the first international 'Intercosmos' team consisting of A.A. Gubarev (USSR) and V. Remek (Czechoslovak Socialist Republic) to carry out scientific research and experiments jointly developed by Soviet and Czechoslovak specialists.

Salyut 6.