Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
16:04:00
Monday November 29, 1976
Uncrewed Soyuz test mission.
Cosmos 869 was an uncrewed Soyuz 7K-S test. This was the third and final test flight of this new Soyuz spacecraft. It was designed to be a spaceship for military solo missions. At the time of the launch the program had already been discontinued. This is Soyuz's 39th flight. The Soyuz is a Soviet crewed spaceship, developed to made crewed 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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
6,800 kilograms
Manufacturer
RKK EnergiyaPrice
$20.00 million
Rocket
Height: 51.32m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 6,860 kg
GTO: 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust
4,456 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3m
Height: 15.59m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
4
45th
Mission
22nd
Mission of 1976
1077th
Mission
88th
Mission of 1976
117th
Orbital launch attempt