Soyuz 27, a Soviet crewed mission to Salyut 6 with cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Oleg Makarov. Soyuz-U from Baikonur Site 1/5 delivered the pair, who docked and formed the first dual-docked crew with Soyuz 26 before returning after nearly six days.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.8 T
- Flight
- 88th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 10 January 1978, 12:26 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1978-003
- Launches in 1978
- 3rd of 128
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