Cosmos 869

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

16:04:00

Monday November 29, 1976

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Uncrewed Soyuz test mission.

Cosmos 869

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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

Rocket

Retired
Soyuz U

Active 1973 to 2017

RKK Energiya logo

Manufacturer

RKK Energiya

Price

$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

Launch Site

Site 1/5

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

23 hr 32 min

Stats

Soyuz U


45th

Mission

22nd

Mission of 1976

RKK Energiya


1077th

Mission

88th

Mission of 1976

1976


117th

Orbital launch attempt