Status
Success
Soyuz T-1
Launch Time
Sun Dec 16, 1979 12:29 UTC
Sun Dec 16, 1979 12:29 UTC
Uncrewed Soyuz test flight.
Rocket
Mission Details
Soyuz T-1
Soyuz T-1 was a 1979-80 uncrewed Soviet space flight, a test flight of a new Soyuz craft which docked with the orbiting Salyut 6 space station.
This is Soyuz's 53rd 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 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
1979
107th orbital launch attempt
Soyuz U
177th mission
46th mission of 1979
169th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission