Soyuz 36

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	26.05.1980
Launch time:	18:20 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	31
Altitude:	191 - 265 km
Inclination:	51,60°
Docking Salyut 6:	27.05.1980, 19:56 UT
Undocking Salyut 6:	31.07.1980, 11:55 UT
Landing date:	03.06.1980
Landing time:	15:06 UT
Landing site:	180 km SE Dzheskasgan

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Kubasov	Valeri Nikolayevich	Commander	3	7d 20h 45m	124
2	Farkas	Bertalan "Bertsi"	Research Cosmonaut	1	7d 20h 45m	124

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Kubasov
2	Farkas

Landing
1	Gorbatko
2	Pham

Animations: Soyuz


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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
1	Dzhanibekov	Vladimir Aleksandrovich	Commander
2	Magyari	Béla	Research Cosmonaut

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing with Soyuz 35 capsule 180 km southeast Dzheskasgan. Fifth Interkosmos mission. Following a one day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the Salyut 6 space station on 27.05.1980. The mission was postponed from June 1979 because of the Soyuz 33 main engine failure.

Experiments in materials science and earth observation were carried out.