 Commemorative stamp of 1977 of Viktor Gorbatko and Yuri Glazkov | |
| Operator | Soviet space program |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1977-008A |
| SATCAT no. | 09804 |
| Mission duration | 17 days 17 hours 26 minutes |
| Orbits completed | 285 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-T No.11 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-T/A9 |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 6750 kg [1] |
| Landing mass | 1200 kg |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Members | Viktor Gorbatko Yuri Glazkov |
| Callsign | Терек (Terek) Terek River |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 7 February 1977, 16:11 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5[2] |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 25 February 1977, 09:38 UTC |
| Landing site | 37 km at the northeast of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit[3] |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 184.7 km |
| Apogee altitude | 346.2 km |
| Inclination | 51.65° |
| Period | 89.52 minutes |
| Docking with Salyut 5 | |
| Docking date | 8 February 1977 |
| Undocking date | 25 February 1977 |
| Time docked | 17 days |
 Vimpel Diamond patch | |
Soyuz 24 (Russian: Союз 24, Union 24) was a February, 1977, Soviet mission to the Salyut 5 space station, the third and final mission to the station, the last purely military crew for the Soviets and the final mission to a military Salyut.[4] The cosmonauts Viktor Gorbatko and Yuri Glazkov re-activated the station after toxic fumes had apparently terminated the mission of Soyuz 21, the previous crew.
They performed biological and materials experiments while on board. Other presumed activities included photographic reconnaissance, and finishing tasks the previous crew was forced to abandon when their mission abruptly ended. The Soyuz 24 crew landed after spending 18 days in space, and the Salyut station was de-orbited six months later.
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Trajectorywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ The mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-24.htm