Saturday, July 8, 2006

Soyuz 7 (Snowstorm)

  1969-086A


7K-OK No. 15 was part of the Soyuz triple flight of 1969; it carried the Igla passive docking system and acted as the target for spacecraft No. 16. The crew was Anatoliy Filipchenko (Komandir), Vladislav Volkov (Bortinzhener), and Viktor Gorbatko (Inzhener-ispitatel').


Soyuz-7 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Oct 12  1044:42  Launch by Soyuz 11A511  KB 
  T+1:55 SAS sep 
  T+1:58 Blok BVGD sep 
  T+2:45 Fairing 
  T+4:45 Blok A sep 
  T+4:48 St 3 MES 
 1033:32  T+8:50 St 3 MECO 
 1033  St 3 sep 
 1930   88.79 202 x 227 x 51.64 
1969 Oct 14  1245   88.84 211 x 223 x 51.66 
 1400Range 250 km, begin approach 
 1526Failed rendezvous with Soyuz-8 
 1705Range 1 km, failed to complete rendezvous 
 1720Drift apart to 3 km 
 1803Rendezvous aborted 
 2010   88.83 215 x 218 x 51.64 
1969 Oct 15   Rendezvous with Soyuz-8 to 17 km  
  Rendezvous with Soyuz-6 to 800m ? 
  Stationkeeping 
 2000   88.70 203 x 218 x 51.64 
1969 Oct 16  2100   88.94 201 x 244 x 51.65 
1969 Oct 17  0844:12  Retrofire 
 0846?  DO CO 
 0857?  Modules sep 
 0903?  Entry 
1969 Oct 17  0925:05  Landed 155 km NW of Karaganda 

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