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Habib, Munir
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Syrian pilot cosmonaut, 1985-1987. Graduated from Military Pilot School, Aleppo, 1973 Pilot and Lieutenant Colonel, Syrian Air Force. Resumed military service.
Status: Inactive; Active 1985-1987. Born: 1953-09-03. Birth Place: Arab.
More at: Habib.
Family:
Cosmonaut.
Country:
Syria.
Spacecraft:
Mir.
Flights:
Soyuz TM-3 Mir EP-1.
Agency:
Syrian AF.
Bibliography:
4452.
1953 September 3 - .
- Birth of Munir Habib Habib - .
Nation: Syria.
Related Persons: Habib.
Arab-Syrian pilot cosmonaut, 1985-1987. Graduated from Military Pilot School, Aleppo, 1973 Pilot and Lieutenant Colonel, Syrian Air Force. Resumed military service..
1985 September 30 - .
- International Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - .
Nation: Syria.
Related Persons: Faris,
Habib.
Training group of Syrian 'guest cosmonauts' for propaganda flights to the Salyut space station..
1987 July 22 - .
01:59 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Baikonur.
Launch Complex:
Baikonur LC1.
LV Family:
R-7.
Launch Vehicle:
Soyuz-U2.
- Soyuz TM-3 - .
Call Sign: Vityaz (Knight ). Crew: Aleksandrov,
Faris,
Viktorenko.
Backup Crew: Habib,
Savinykh,
Solovyov.
Payload: Soyuz TM s/n 53. Mass: 7,100 kg (15,600 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Mir.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz TM-2,
Soyuz TM-2 Mir LD-1,
Soyuz TM-3,
Soyuz TM-3 Mir EP-1.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz TM.
Duration: 160.30 days. Decay Date: 1987-12-29 . USAF Sat Cat: 18222 . COSPAR: 1987-063A. Apogee: 353 km (219 mi). Perigee: 297 km (184 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 91.00 min.
Manned three crew. Transported to the Mir orbital space station a Soviet-Syrian crew comprising cosmonauts A S Viktorenko, A P Aleksandrov and M A Faris to conduct joint research and experiments with cosmonauts Y Romanenko and A Laveykin. Maneuvered from initial 231 X 217 km orbit to Mir's 311 X 359 km orbit. Docked with rear Mir port at 3:30 GMT 24 July. Undocked with rear port 30 July and docked to forward port.
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