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SLV-3 | Rohini RS-D-1
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
May 31, 1981, 3:33 a.m.
Atlas SLV-3D Centaur | Intelsat 501
Convair | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 23, 1981, 10:42 p.m.
Delta 3914 | GOES 5
McDonnell Douglas | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
May 22, 1981, 10:29 p.m.
Soyuz U | Zenit-4MKT 17
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 22, 1981, 7:10 a.m.
Soyuz U | Zenit-6U 39
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 21, 1981, 9:10 a.m.
Vostok 8A92M | Tselina-D 29
RKK Energiya | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 19, 1981, 3:49 a.m.
Soyuz U | Yantar-2K 18
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 18, 1981, 11:50 a.m.
Scout G-1 | Nova 1
Vought | United States of AmericaVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 15, 1981, 6:07 a.m.
Vostok 8A92M | Meteor-2 7
RKK Energiya | RussiaPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
May 14, 1981, 9:45 p.m.
Soyuz-U | Soyuz 40
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
May 14, 1981, 5:16 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Soyuz 40 was the 16th and final mission to visit the Salyut 6 space station. It carried the the EP-10 crew, which visited the long-duration Soyuz T-4 resident crew. The mission began on May 14, 1981, 17:16:38 UTC, launching Commander Leonid Popov and Research Cosmonaut Dumitru Prunariu, the first Romanian cosmonaut, into orbit. They docked with the station the next day. During their 7-day stay on the station, EP-10 crew conducted Earth observation, material, medical and other experiments, including Earth magnetic field and space radiation study. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on May 22, 1981, 13:58:30 UTC.
Low Earth Orbit
