Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 57

Soyuz 22

Yastreb

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  15.09.1976
Launch time:  09:48 UT
Launch site:  Baikonur
Launch pad:  1
Altitude:  185 - 296 km
Inclination:  64,75°
Landing date:  23.09.1976
Landing time:  07:40 UT
Landing site:  150 km NW of Tselinograd
Crew Soyuz 22

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USSR  Bykovsky  Valeri Fyodorovich  Commander 2 7d 21h 52m  127 
2 USSR  Aksyonov  Vladimir Viktorovich  Flight Engineer 1 7d 21h 52m  127 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Bykovsky
2  Aksyonov
Soyuz 22 spacecraft
Landing
1  Bykovsky
2  Aksyonov

Animations: Soyuz

Launch deorbit entry
(requires Macromedia Flash Player)
with friendly permission of www.marscenter.it

1. Double Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
1 USSR  Malyshev  Yuri Vasiliyevich  Commander
2 USSR  Strekalov  Gennadi Mikhailovich  Flight Engineer
Crew Soyuz 22 (1. double)

2. Double Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
1 USSR  Popov  Leonid Ivanovich  Commander
2 USSR  Andreyev  Boris Dmitriyevich  Flight Engineer
Crew Soyuz 22 (2. double)

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 150 km northwest of Tselinograd.

Earth observation mission. First time of using the GDR built multispectral camera MKF-6 for intensive studying geological characteristics of the Earth's surface for economic purposes. The camera was manufactured by Carl Zeis in Jena. Also biological experiments were performed.

Photos

MKF-6 Soyuz 22 onboard
Soyuz 22 recovery  
©      

Last update on June 03, 2010.

Back to homepage SPACEFACTS