Tuesday, July 4, 1995

Soyuz 16

  1974-096A


The third test flight of the 7K-TM carried the EPAS backup crew of Anatoliy Filipchenko and Nikolai Rukavishnikov. The BO carried a special docking simulator attached to the APAS system, which was used to test out the docking and undocking procedure. It was jettisoned prior to reentry. The spacecraft was designated 11F615A12 No. 73 and named Soyuz-16.


Soyuz-16 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1974 Dec 2  0940:00  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 0942 Blok BVGD sep 
 0944  Blok A sep 
 0948  Blok I MECO 
 0948  Blok-I sep 
1974 Dec 2  1400   89.25 184 x 291 x 51.77 
 1815   88.32 163 x 221 x 51.87 
  Atmosphere change tests 
1974 Dec 3  0615   88.40 182 x 209 x 51.77 
 1330   88.97 191 x 257 x 51.74 
 1630   88.98 220 x 228 x 51.78 
1974 Dec 4   Docking tests 
1974 Dec 6  Docking simulator jettisoned 
1974 Dec 7    88.85 213 x 222 x 51.77 
  Test burn 
 1045   88.57 183 x 215 x 51.75 
1974 Dec 8  0430   88.51 189 x 213 x 51.77 
 0723?  Retrofire 
 0726?  DO CO 
 0735?  Modules sep 
 0741?  Entry  -180? x 211 x 51.8 
 0803:35  Landed 300 km N of Arkalyk

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