Soyuz 36, a crewed Interkosmos visiting mission to Salyut 6 (EP-5), launched on a Soyuz-U from Baikonur with Valery Kubasov and Bertalan Farkas, the first Hungarian in space; the pair returned on Soyuz 35 on 3 June 1980.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.8 T
- Flight
- 193rd
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 26 May 1980, 18:20 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1980-041
- Launches in 1980
- 42nd of 108
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