The Soyuz programme is a human spaceflight programme initiated by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s. The Soyuz spacecraft was originally part of a Moon landing project intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon. It was the third Soviet human spaceflight programme after the Vostok and Voskhod programmes.
Nov 28, 1966 — ongoing
Orbital Attempt
#2,181
CCCP Mission
#1,280
Pad Launch
#210
Location Launch
#537
Designator
1979-008
Weather GO
0%
Jan 31, 1979, 9:00 AM
1 update
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.
Timezone
Asia/Qyzylorda
Local Launch Time
Jan 31, 1979, 2:00 PM
Total Launches
1,564
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
45.9650, 63.3050
