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Ganzorig

Ganzorig
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Graduated from the Kiev Politechnical 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.

Birth Place: Tsetserleg.
Status: Inactive.
Born: 1949.02.05.

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• Cosmonaut Category of persons who have been trained for spaceflight in Russia. More...

• Intercosmos Group - 1978 Requirement: pilots from friendly socialist countries to visit Salyut space stations for propaganda purposes on Soyuz ferry-exchange missions. More...

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• Salyut 6 EP-9 Crew: Dzhanibekov, Gurragcha. First Mongolian astronaut. Manned two crew. Docked with Salyut 6. Mission to swap Soyuz lifeboats docked to station. Backup crew: Ganzorig, Lyakhov. More...

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• Salyut 6 Mishin was authorised in December 1973 to build an improved design DOS-5 version of the Salyut station using Almaz facilities. Mishin's bureau borrowed the two docking port configuration of Chelomei's Almaz OPS-2 This station's second docking port would allow rotation of crews and resupply/refueling using unmanned Progress spacecraft. More...

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• Intercosmos Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - . Nation: USSR. Related Persons: Aleksandrov, Aleksandr; Dediu; Farkas; Ganzorig; Gurragcha; Ivanov, Georgi; Lopez-Falcon; Magyari; Prunariu; Tamayo-Mendez. Summary: 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..

• 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: USSR. Related Persons: Dzhanibekov; Gurragcha; Ganzorig; Lyakhov. Agency: MOM. Program: Salyut 6. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Salyut 6 EP-9; Salyut 6 EO-6. 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: 51.8000 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.