Status
Success
Cosmos 1001
Launch Time
Tue Apr 04, 1978 15:00 UTC
Tue Apr 04, 1978 15:00 UTC
Uncrewed test flight of the Soyuz spacecraft.
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 1001
Cosmos 1001 was a redesigned Soviet Soyuz T spacecraft that failed an uncrewed test in 1978. The spacecraft was the upgraded Soyuz for Salyut-6 and Salyut-7.
This is Soyuz's 45th 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: 6,680.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1978
37th orbital launch attempt
Soyuz U
100th mission
14th mission of 1978
95th successful mission
28th consecutive successful mission