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Soyuz 30

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Soyuz 30
COSPAR ID1978-065A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.10968Edit this on Wikidata

Crew

Backup crew

Mission parameters

  • Mass: 6800 kg
  • Perigee: 197.6 km
  • Apogee: 261.3 km
  • Inclination: 51.66°
  • Period: 88.83 minutes

Mission highlights

Mirosław Hermaszewski, the second Intercosmos cosmonaut, flew to Salyut 6 with Pyotr Klimuk. His experiment program stressed life sciences, Earth observations, and study of the aurora borealis.

5th expedition to Salyut-6. Docked with Salyut 6. Hermaszewski was first Polish cosmonaut to orbit. Capsule on display in the Polish Army Museum, Warsaw

File:Hermaszewski Klimuk.jpg
Pyotr Klimuk and Mirosław Hermaszewski
Preceded by
Soyuz 29
Soyuz programme Succeeded by
Soyuz 31