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Vehicle
Soyuz
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Height46.3 m
LEO Payload7,020 kg
Launches2456
Successes2288
Mission Brief
Soyuz 15 was meant to be the second crewed mission to the Salyut 3 space station. The mission launched on August 26, 1974, 19:58:05 UTC, carrying commander Gennadi Sarafanov and flight engineer Lev Dyomin to orbit. Soyuz-15 failed to dock with the station and had to return to Earth early, landing on August 28, 1974, 20:10:16 UTC.
PayloadSoyuz 15
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerSoyuz, Salyut
Stages3
Pad1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Timeline
14 / 14100%Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
1/5
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Global range
- Latitude
- 45.920°N
- Longitude
- 63.342°E
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
07:58 PM UTC - 07:58 PM UTC
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.



