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Gurragcha Zhugderdemidiyn 'Gurr'

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Gurragcha Credit: www.spacefacts.de

Status: Inactive; Active 1978-1981. Born: 1947-12-05. Spaceflights: 1 . Total time in space: 7.86 days. Birth Place: Gurvan-Bulak.

After air force duty, chief of a scientific institute in Ulan Bator, then Deputy Chief of Central Board of Defense, prior to becoming Secretary of Defence.

Family: Cosmonaut, Intercosmos Group - 1978. Country: Mongolia. Spacecraft: Salyut 6. Flights: Soyuz 39. Agency: Mongolian AF. Bibliography: 4452.

• Birth of Gurragcha Jugderdemidiin 'Gurr' - . Nation: Mongolia. Related Persons: Gurragcha. Mongolian pilot cosmonaut. Flew on Salyut 6 EP-9. First Mongolian astronaut. Graduated from Zhukovsky Military Engineering Academy, 1977. Aeronautic engineer, Mongolian Air Force. From 2000 Mongolian Secretary of Defense..

• 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..

• 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. Related Persons: Dzhanibekov, Ganzorig, Gurragcha, Lyakhov. 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: 51.8000 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.

• Landing of Soyuz 39 - . Return Crew: Dzhanibekov, Gurragcha. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Dzhanibekov, Gurragcha. Program: Salyut 6. Flight: Soyuz 39, Soyuz T-4. Soyuz 39 landed at 11:41 GMT. .