Soyuz 38

Launch & orbit data: Designation  11977 / 80075A Launch date - time  18 Sep 1980 - 19:11:03 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC1 Launch vehicle  Soyuz 11A511U OKB name - S/Nº  Soyuz 7K-T s/n 54 Basic shape  Sphere-cylinder + 2 wings Dimension (m)  7.5 long, 2.3 to 2.72 dia Mass (kg)  6800? kg Flight Crew (EP-9)  Romanenko, Yuri V. (CDR) Méndez, Arnaldo T.(CR) Call Sign  Taimyr (Taimyr Pen.) Backup crew  Khrunov, Lopez-Falcon J. Earth orbit on Sep 18.8:    - Perigee / Apogee  195 x 257 km    - Eccentricity  0.005    - Inclination  51.61°    - Period  88.95 min

Docking & landing data: Docking date - time  19 Sep 1980 - 20:49 UT Target spacecraft/port  Salyut 6/aft Undocking date - time  26 Sep 1980 - 12:35 UT Landing date - time  26 Sep 1980 - 15:54:27 UT Landing location  46° N, 69° E 180 km SE of Dzheskasgan Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  07d 20h 43m 24s (7.86 days) Nbr orbits  124

Flight Crew

Mission details:

• Seventh Intercosmos-mission; docking on Salyut 6; scientific work to find reasons of space sickness; launch- and landing in the dark.
• Manned two crew. Transported to the Salyut-6 station the seventh international crew under the INTERCOSMOS programme, comprising Y V Romanenko (USSR) and A. Tomaio Mendez (Cuba), to conduct scientific research and experiments.
• Soyuz 38 docked with Soyuz 37 - Salyut 6 (2nd airlock) on 1980 Sep 19.87; undocked September 26, 1980 15:54 GMT.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Baikonur, Cuban cancel: 180980 and Intercosmos undocking cancel: 260980, signed by crew. Cover send R from Tyuratam (cancel 27.09.80) to Leninsk.

Cosmic Mail: Cover on board of Salyut 6, with five-side Salyut boardcancel, Cuba cancel: 20091980, signed by the Soyuz 38 and Soyuz 35 resident crew.

Landing cancel Dzheskasgan, signed by crew.