Q: What was the purpose of the Soyuz 37 mission?

A: Soyuz 37 carried out a joint mission with the Salyut 6 space station, conducting scientific research and demonstrating international cooperation in space exploration. One notable achievement was carrying Pham Tuan, the first Vietnamese astronaut, into orbit.

Q: Who were the crew members aboard Soyuz 37?

A: The primary crew consisted of Viktor Gorbatko as commander and Pham Tuan as flight engineer. Upon return, Leonid Popov and Valery Ryumin took command roles during landing operations.

Q: How long did the Soyuz 37 mission last?

A: The mission lasted approximately 79 days, beginning with its launch on July 23, 1980, and ending with its safe landing in Kazakhstan on October 11, 1980.

Soyuz 37

crewed flight of the Soyuz programme

Vehicle soyuz_7k_t Q847126

Facts

33 properties

Instance of: Soyuz 7K-T, human spaceflight^[3]
Country: Soviet Union^[2]
Follows: Soyuz T-2^[5]
Followed by: Soyuz 38^[6]
Launch date: 1980-07-23
Part of: Soyuz programme^[8]
Duration: 6,880,614 second
Apoapsis: 293.1 km
Backup or reserve team or crew: Valery Bykovsky, Bùi Thanh Liêm
Call sign: Терек (Terek)
Coat of arms image: commons.wikimedia.org
Crew member: Viktor Gorbatko, Pham Tuan, Leonid Popov, Valery Ryumin
Crew members: Viktor Gorbatko, Pham Tuan, Leonid Popov, Valery Ryumin^[16]^[17]^[18]
Landing date: 1980-10-11
Launch vehicle: Soyuz-U
Location of landing: Kazakhstan
Manufacturer: S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia^[7]
Mass: 6,800 kg
Native label: Союз-37
Operator: Soviet space program^[4]
Orbital inclination: 51.58 degree
Orbital period: 89.12 minute
Orbits completed: 124
Periapsis: 197.8 km

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Satellite of: low Earth orbit
Significant event: docking and berthing of spacecraft (1980–1980), docking and berthing of spacecraft (1980–1980), rocket launch, landing^[14]^[15]
Space launch vehicle: Soyuz-U^[9]
Start point: Baikonur Cosmodrome
Time of object orbit decay: 1980^[13]
Type of orbit: low Earth orbit^[10]
UTC date of spacecraft landing: October 11, 1980^[12]
UTC date of spacecraft launch: July 23, 1980^[11]
Vessel: Soyuz 7K-T

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 6

Image (Wikimedia Commons): VICTOR GORBATKO & TUÂN PHAM (SOYUZ 37).jpg ↗
BabelNet ID: 03731690n
COSPAR ID: 1980-064A
Freebase ID: /m/03gyr9
SCN: 11905
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Satellite", "11905"]

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🔗 Connections

Crew members 4

Viktor Gorbatko, Pham Tuan, Valery Ryumin, Leonid Popov

Significant event 4

landing, docking and berthing of spacecraft, docking and berthing of spacecraft, rocket launch

← Astronaut mission 4

Viktor Gorbatko, Pham Tuan, Valery Ryumin, Leonid Popov

Backup or reserve team or crew 2

Valery Bykovsky, Bùi Thanh Liêm

Instance of 2

human spaceflight, Soyuz 7K-T

Belongs to 1

Soyuz programme

Country 1

Soviet Union

Followed by 1

Soyuz 38

Followed by (predecessor) 1

Soyuz 38

Follows 1

Soyuz T-2

Location of landing 1

Kazakhstan

Manufacturer 1

S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia

Operator 1

Soviet space program

Part of 1

Soyuz programme

Preceded by (successor) 1

Soyuz T-2

Space launch vehicle 1

Soyuz-U

Start point 1

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Type of orbit 1

low Earth orbit

Vessel 1

Soyuz 7K-T

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Summary

Soyuz 37 is a Soyuz 7K-T^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Soyuz 37 — country (P17): Soviet Union. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Soyuz 37 — instance of (P31): human spaceflight. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Soyuz 37 — operator (P137): Soviet space program. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Soyuz 37 — follows (P155): Soyuz T-2. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Soyuz 37 — followed by (P156): Soyuz 38. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Soyuz 37 — manufacturer (P176): S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Soyuz 37 — part of (P361): Soyuz programme. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Soyuz 37 — space launch vehicle (P375): Soyuz-U. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Soyuz 37 — type of orbit (P522): low Earth orbit. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Soyuz 37 — UTC date of spacecraft launch (P619): July 23, 1980. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Soyuz 37 — UTC date of spacecraft landing (P620): October 11, 1980. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Soyuz 37 — time of object orbit decay (P621): 1980. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Soyuz 37 — significant event (P793): rocket launch. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Soyuz 37 — significant event (P793): landing. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Soyuz 37 — crew members (P1029): Viktor Gorbatko. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Soyuz 37 — crew members (P1029): Pham Tuan. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Soyuz 37 — crew members (P1029): Leonid Popov. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Soyuz 37 is an instance of Soyuz 7K-T (Q1827405) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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