1969 · Soviet Space Program
Soyuz 7
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Soyuz 7 was a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 8 that saw three spacecraft in orbit together at the same time. The mission was to dock with Soyuz 8 and transfer crew. Docking to Soyuz 8 failed so the mission was aborted. The mission was Commanded by Anatoly Filipchenko, Flight Engineer Vladislav Volkov, and Research Engineer Viktor Gorbatko.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 12, 1969 at 10:44 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- 1/5
- Mission
- Soyuz 7
- Mission type
- Human Exploration
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit