Soyuz-U from Baikonur Site 31 launched Soyuz 34 uncrewed to Salyut 6 as a fresh return craft after Soyuz 32 exceeded its on-orbit lifetime; cosmonauts Lyakhov and Ryumin later landed aboard it on 19 August 1979.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.8 T
- Flight
- 151st
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 6 June 1979, 18:12 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1979-049
- Launches in 1979
- 50th of 110
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