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Spacecraft "Soyuz-7"
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Spacecraft "Soyuz-7"
| BRIEFLY ABOUT SPACECRAFT |
| Registration number | 1969-084A / 04124 |
| Time and date of launch (UTC) | 10h.44m.42s. October 12, 1969 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, LC 1 |
| Launch vehicle | Soyuz |
| Spacecraft mass (kg) | 6570 |
| Orbital parameters: | |
| - inclination (degrees) | 51.68 |
| - period (minutes) | 88.63 |
| - perigee (km) | 207.4 |
| - apogee (km) | 225.9 |
| Time and date of landing (UTC) | 09h.25m.05s. October 17, 1969 |
| Place of landing | 155 km NW of Karaganda |
| Duration | 4d.22h.40m.23s. |
| Distance (km) | 3.314 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth | 80 |
| Summary | Collective fly (with "Soyuz-6" and "Soyuz-8" ) of two and three piloting spacecrafts. Manoeuvring and rendezvouses in space. First welding in space. |
| CREW |
| Ord. num. |
Status | Main | Backup | Reserved |
| 1 | Cdr | Filipchenko, Anatoli Vasilyevich | Shatalov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich | |
| 2 | FE | Volkov, Vladislav Nikolayevich | Yeliseyev, Aleksey Stanislavovich | Grechko, Georgi Mikhailovich |
| 3 | EI | Gorbatko, Viktor Vasilyevich | Kolodin, Pyotr Ivanovich | |
| Call sign | Buran (Snowstorm) | |||
| TIMELINE |
| Date | Time (UTC) | Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
| Oct 12, 1969 | 10:44:42 | 1 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-7" (crew: Filipchenko, Volkov, Gorbatko ). 5 astronauts first are in the orbit at the same time! |
| Oct 13, 1969 | 10:19:09 | 1 | Lift-off spacecraft "Soyuz-8" (crew: Shatalov, Yeliseyev ). 7 astronauts first are in the orbit at the same time! |
| Oct 16, 1969 | 09:12:39 | 80 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-6" (crew: Shonin, Kubasov ). |
| Oct 16, 1969 | 09:52:47 | 81 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-6" (crew: Shonin, Kubasov ). |
| Oct 17, 1969 | 08:44:11 | 80 | Deorbit burn of spacecraft "Soyuz-7" (crew: Filipchenko, Volkov, Gorbatko ). |
| Oct 17, 1969 | 09:25:05 | 81 | Landing of spacecraft "Soyuz-7" (crew: Filipchenko, Volkov, Gorbatko ). |
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