Ganzorig Maidarzhavyn
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Mongolian pilot cosmonaut, 1978-1981.
Graduated from the Kiev Polytechnic University, 1975. Candidate of technical sciences degree, 1984. Mongolian Air Force. Head of a laboratory at the Institute of Physics and Technology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences. Then Director of Informatics at the Remote Sensing Center of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulan Bator.
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Chronology
3 events
1949 February 5
- Birth of Ganzorig Maidarjabyn - . Nation: Mongolia. Related Persons: Ganzorig. Mongolian pilot cosmonaut, 1978-1981..
1978 March 1
- Intercosmos Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - . Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Aleksandr, Dediu, Farkas, Ganzorig, Gurragcha, Ivanov, Georgi, Lopez Falcon, Magyari, Prunariu, Tamayo Mendez. Training group of potential 'guest cosmonauts' for propaganda flights to the Salyut space station. The 'guests', from states allied to the Soviet Union, would be flown on Soyuz lifeboat changeout missions to the station..
1981 March 22
14:58 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.- Soyuz 39 - .
Call Sign: Pamir (Pamir mountains). Crew: Dzhanibekov,
Gurragcha.
Backup Crew: Ganzorig,
Lyakhov.
Payload: Soyuz 7K-T s/n 55. Mass: 6,800 kg (14,900 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Salyut 6.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz 39,
Soyuz T-4.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T.
Duration: 7.86 days. Decay Date: 1981-03-30 . USAF Sat Cat: 12366 . COSPAR: 1981-029A. Apogee: 249 km (154 mi). Perigee: 198 km (123 mi). Inclination: 51.80 deg. Period: 88.90 min.
Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Transported to the Salyut-6 orbital station the eighth international crew under the INTERCOSMOS programme, comprising V A Dzhanibekov (USSR) and Z. Gurragchi (Mongolian People's Republic) to conduct scientific investigations and experiments.