Soyuz 30

Launch & orbit data: Designation  10968 / 78065A Launch date - time  27 Jun 1978 - 15:27:21 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC1 Launch vehicle  Soyuz 11A511U OKB name - S/N°  Soyuz 7K-T/A9 s/n 67 Basic shape  Sphere-cylinder + 2 wings Dimension (m)  7.5 long, 2.3 dia Mass (kg)  6570? kg Flight Crew (EP-3)  Klimuk, Pyotr I. (CDR) Hermaszewski, Miroslaw (CR) Call Sign  Kavkaz (Caucasus M.) Backup crew  Kubasov, Jankowski Z. Earth orbit on Jun 27.8:    - Perigee / Apogee  194 x 244 km    - Eccentricity  0.004    - Inclination  51.64°    - Period  88.82 min

Docking & landing data: Docking date - time  28 Jun 1978 - 17:07:50 UT Target spacecraft/port  Salyut 6/ aft Undocking date - time  05 Jul 1978 - 10:14:50 UT Deorbit burn date - time  05 Jul 1978 - 12:44 UT Landing date - time  05 Jul 1978 - 13:30:20 UT Landing location  51°N, 66°E Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  07:22:02:59 (7.91 days) Nbr orbits  125

Flight Crew

Klimuk and Hermaszewski before launch - Credit: RKK Energia.

Mission details:

• Launch from Baikonur; landing 300 km west of Tselinograd; second Intercosmos-mission; docking on Salyut 6; experiments on the field of materials science; photography of Earth surface;
• Soyuz 30 docked with Salyut 6 (second airlock) and Soyuz 29 on 1978 Jun 28.71.
• Placed on board the Salyut-6 station, under the Intercosmos programme, a second international crew consisting of P.I. Klimuk (USSR) and M. Hermaszewski (Poland) to conduct scientific investigations and experiments.
• Soyuz 30 undocked 1978 Jul 5.43