Soyuz 7

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Soyuz 7

- 1969 Oct 12 - - 10:45 GMT. Nation: USSR. Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Complex: LC1. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511 .

Soyuz 7 Program: Soyuz. Payload: Soyuz 7K-OK s/n 15. Mass: 6,570 kg. Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-OK. Perigee: 210 km. Apogee: 223 km. Inclination: 51.7 deg. Period: 88.8 min. COSPAR: 1969-086A. Duration: 4.94 days. Flight Crew: Filipchenko, Gorbatko, Volkov. Manned flight: Soyuz 7.
Tested spacecraft systems and designs, manoeuvring of space craft with respect to each other in orbit, conducted scientific, technical and medico-biological experiments in group flight. Was to have docked with Soyuz 8 and transferred crew while Soyuz 6 took film from nearby. However failure of rendezvous electronics in all three craft due to a new helium pressurization integrity test prior to the mission did not permit successful rendezvous and dockings. Recovered October 17, 1969 9:26 GMT.
Maneuver Summary:
202km X 227km orbit to 211km X 223km orbit. Delta V: 3 m/s
201km X 201km orbit to 201km X 201km orbit. Delta V: 1 m/s
211km X 223km orbit to 201km X 244km orbit. Delta V: 8 m/s
Total Delta V: 12 m/s. References: 1 , 2 , 6 , 32 , 33 , 60 .

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