Test Flight
Test flight of the Soyuz T spacecraft which docked to Salyut 6
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
The Salyut programme was the first space station programme, undertaken by the Soviet Union. It involved a series of four crewed scientific research space stations and two crewed military reconnaissance space stations over a period of 15 years, from 1971 to 1986.
Apr 19, 1971 — Jul 16, 1986
Orbital Attempt
#2,280
CCCP Mission
#1,360
Pad Launch
#217
Location Launch
#553
Designator
1979-103
Weather GO
0%
Dec 16, 1979, 12:29 PM
Second
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
Dec 16, 1979, 5:29 PM
Total Launches
1,564
Total Landings
0
Coordinates
45.9650, 63.3050
