Soyuz 22

Yastreb

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	15.09.1976
Launch time:	09:48 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	185 - 296 km
Inclination:	64,75°
Landing date:	23.09.1976
Landing time:	07:40 UTC
Landing site:	150 km NW of Tselinograd

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Bykovsky	Valeri Fyodorovich	Commander	2	7d 21h 52m	127
2	Aksyonov	Vladimir Viktorovich	Flight Engineer	1	7d 21h 52m	127

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Bykovsky
2	Aksyonov

Landing
1	Bykovsky
2	Aksyonov

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1st Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Malyshev	Yuri Vasiliyevich	Commander
2	Strekalov	Gennadi Mikhailovich	Flight Engineer

2nd Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Popov	Leonid Ivanovich	Commander
2	Andreyev	Boris Dmitriyevich	Flight Engineer

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 150 km northwest of Tselinograd.

It was an Earth observation mission. First time of using the GDR built multispectral camera MKF-6 for intensive studying geological characteristics of the Earth's surface for economic purposes. The camera was manufactured by Carl Zeis in Jena. Also biological experiments were performed.