Mission type | Orbital test flight |
---|---|
Operator | Soviet space program |
COSPAR ID | 1974-061A |
SATCAT no. | 7405 |
Mission duration | 2 days, 23 hours and 57 minutes |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-S s/n 1L |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 6,700 kg (14,800 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 6 August 1974, 00:02 | GMT
Rocket | Soyuz-U |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Deorbited |
Landing date | 8 August 1974, 23:59 | GMT
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Perigee altitude | 211 km (131 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 294 km (183 mi) |
Inclination | 50.6° |
Period | 89.5 min |
Kosmos 670 (Russian: Космос 670 meaning Cosmos 670) was an unmanned Soyuz 7K-S test. It used a new and unique inclination of 50.6 degree. [1] The experience from these flights were used in the development of the successor program Soyuz spacecraft the Soyuz 7K-ST.[2] [3][4][5][6][7]
Mission parameters
[edit]- Spacecraft: 7K-S
- Mass: 6700 kg
- Crew: None
- Launched: August 6, 1974
- Landed: August 8, 1974 23:59 UTC.
- Perigee: 221 km
- Apogee: 294 km
- Inclination: 50.6 deg
- Duration: 2.99 days
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ astronautix.com soyuz7k-s
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- ^ "Astronauts escape malfunctioning rocket". BBC News. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- ^ Sanchez, Merri J. (March 2000). "A Human Factors Evaluation of a Methodology for Pressurized Crew Module Acceptability for Zero-Gravity Ingress of Spacecraft" (PDF). Houston, Texas: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-05. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
- ^ Evans, Ben (September 28, 2013). "'We Were Swearing!' Thirty Years Since Russia's Brush With Disaster". Retrieved 2014-01-24.