Soyuz 22
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Soyuz 22 (Russian: Союз 22, Union 22) was a September 1976, Soviet crewed spaceflight.[2] It was an Earth sciences mission using a modified Soyuz spacecraft, and was also, some observers speculated, a mission to observe NATO exercises near Norway.
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![]() Cosmonauts and Soyuz 22, on a 1976 Soviet stamp | |
Mission type | Earth science mission |
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Operator | Soviet space program |
COSPAR ID | 1976-093A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 09421 |
Mission duration | 7 days 21 hours 52 minutes 17 seconds |
Orbits completed | 127 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-MF6 |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 6570 kg |
Landing mass | 1200 kg |
Crew | |
Crew size | 2 |
Members | Valery Bykovsky Vladimir Aksyonov |
Callsign | Ястреб (Yastreb - "Hawk") |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 15 September 1976, 09:48:30 UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5[1] |
Contractor | NPO Energia |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 23 September 1976, 07:40:47 UTC |
Landing site | 150 km at the northwest of Tselinograd, Kazakhstan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 250.0 km |
Apogee altitude | 280.0 km |
Inclination | 64.75° |
Period | 89.6 minutes |
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The spacecraft was a refurbished Soyuz that had served as a backup for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) 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.