Soyuz 2
This article is about a 1968 test flight. For the carrier rocket, see Soyuz-2. For the mission identified by NASA as ISS Soyuz 2, see Soyuz TM-32.
| Mission type | Test flight |
|---|---|
| Operator | Soviet space program |
| COSPAR ID | 1968-093A |
| Orbits completed | 48 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-OK |
| Manufacturer | Experimental Design Bureau OKB-1 |
| Launch mass | 6,450 kilograms (14,220 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | October 25, 1968, 09:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5[1] |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | October 28, 1968, 07:51 UTC; |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee | 191 kilometres (119 mi) |
| Apogee | 229 kilometres (142 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.70 degrees |
| Period | 88.60 minutes |
Soyuz 2 (Russian: Союз 2, Union 2) was an uncrewed spacecraft in the Soyuz family intended to be the target of a docking maneuver by the manned Soyuz 3 spacecraft. It was intended to be the first docking of a manned spacecraft in the Soviet space program. Although the two craft approached closely, the docking did not take place and the first successful Soviet docking of manned spacecraft took place in the joint Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 mission.
Mission parameters
- Mass: 6,450 kg (14,220 lb)
- Perigee: 191 km (119 mi)
- Apogee: 229 km (142 mi)
- Inclination: 51.70°
- Period: 88.60 min
References
- ↑ "Baikonur LC1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
Further reading
- Luna Cornea, Number 14, January/April 1998, p. 58,
- The Fabricated Cosmonaut and the Nonexistent Prophecy, Luis Alfonso Gamez. Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30, number 5 (September/October 2006) p12.
External links
- Brown University News Service Artists mix fact and fantasy in False Witness exhibition at Bell Gallery.
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