NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Cosmos 212

Launch Time
Sun Apr 14, 1968 10:00 UTC

Uncrewed test flight of the Soyuz spacecraft.

Rocket

Soyuz
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 4,456 kN
Payload to LEO: 6,640 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 48.47 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m
Fairing Height: 12.8 m

Mission Details

Cosmos 212

Cosmos 212 was one of a series of Soviet Soyuz programme test spacecraft whose purpose was to further test and develop the passenger version. Scientific data and measurements were relayed to earth by multichannel telemetry systems equipped with space-borne memory units. Cosmos 212 and Cosmos 213 automatically docked in orbit on 15 April 1968. Both spacecraft landed on Soviet territory.

This is Soyuz's 6th flight.

The Soyuz is a Soviet crewed spaceship, developed to made manned lunar missions. This version called 7K will fly 4 times on the giant launcher N1, and several tens of times on Proton to fly over the Moon, which will be successful during the mission Zond 4. Soyuz will become the first spacecraft to transport living beings to the Moon during the flight of Zond 5, with two turtles. Subsequently, it is adapted to low orbit and will fly on the Soyuz launcher to serve the Salyut and Mir stations and the ISS.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 6,000.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

1968

31st orbital launch attempt

Soyuz

7th mission
1st mission of 1968
6th successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission