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Vehicle
Soyuz
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Height46.3 m
LEO Payload7,020 kg
Launches2456
Successes2288
Mission Brief
Soyuz 10 launched on 22 April 1971, 23:54:06 UTC. It carried commander Vladimir Shatalov, flight engineer Aleksei Yeliseyev and test engineer Nikolai Rukavishnikov into orbit. Flight was intended to become the world's first mission to the world's first space station, Salyut-1. Docking was not successful, and crew didn't enter the station. Crew returned to Earth, landing on 24 April 1971, 23:40 UTC.
PayloadSoyuz 10
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerSoyuz, Salyut
Stages3
Pad1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Timeline
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Launch Site
1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
45.920°N, 63.342°E
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
