Status
Success
Cosmos 1074
Launch Time
Wed Jan 31, 1979 09:00 UTC
Wed Jan 31, 1979 09:00 UTC
Uncrewed Soyuz test flight.
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 1074
Kosmos 1074 was a Soviet unmanned long-duration test flight of the Soyuz-T spacecraft launched on January 31, 1979 and de-orbited on April 1, 1979
This is Soyuz's 49th 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: 6,450.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1979
8th orbital launch attempt
Soyuz U
135th mission
4th mission of 1979
129th successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission