LAUNCH CENTER
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Success
Tue Apr 10 1979
Soviet Space Program
Soyuz 33
Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW
Launch Time
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(5:34 PM UTC)
Launch Window Start
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(5:34 PM UTC)
Launch Window End
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(5:34 PM UTC)
RECOVERY OVERVIEW
Location
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Rocket Details
Name:
Soyuz UDescription:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Human Exploration
- Soyuz 33 would have been the eighth crew to dock to the Salyut 6 space station and was meant to visit the long-duration resident crew of the station. The mission began on April 10, 1979, 17:34:34 UTC, launching Commander Nikolai Rukavishnikovv and Research Cosmoanut Georgi Ivanov, the first Bulgarian cosmonaut, into orbit. They were going to dock with the station the next day, but engine failure forced mission to be aborted. The mission concluded with a rough return and landing back on Earth on April 12, 1979, 16:35:40 UTC.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Pad
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