Soyuz 22
| Mission Statistics | |
| Mission Name: | Soyuz 22 |
| Call Sign: | Ястреб (Yastreb - "Hawk") |
| Number of Crew Members: | 2 |
| Launch: | September
9, 1976 09:48 UTC Baikonur LC1 |
| Landing: | September
23, 1976 07:40 UTC 150km NW of Tselinograd |
| Duration: | 7 days, 21 hours, 52 minutes |
| Number of Orbits: | 127 |
Soyuz 22 was an earth-sciences mission using a modified Soyuz capsule that had served as a backup for the Apollo-Soyuz mission the previous year.
Cosmonauts Valery Bykovsky and Vladimir Aksyonov spent a week in orbit photographing the surface of the Earth with a specially-built camera. It was hoped that these observations would assist in identifying resources and assisting in economic planning.
Crew
- Valery Bykovsky
- Vladimir Aksyonov
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 6510 kg
- Perigee: 185 km
- Apogee: 296 km
- Inclination: 64.8°
- Period: 89.3 minutes
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