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Soyuz 6

Name: Soyuz 6 launch
Start: 1969-10-11T11:10:00+00:00
End: 1969-10-11T11:10:00+00:00
Location: 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

SoyuzSoviet Space Program31/6

Saturday, October 11, 1969 · 11:10 AM UTC

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Mission Brief

Soyuz 6 was a joint mission with Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 that saw three spacecraft in orbit together at the same time. Soyuz 6 mission was to take high quality photographs of the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 docking but on all three spacecraft the docking system failed. The mission was commanded by Georgi Shonin and Flight Engineer Valeri Kubasov.

PayloadSoyuz 6

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

CustomerSoyuz

Stages3

Pad31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Timeline

14 / 14100%

Ground vector

Launch site

Site locked

31/6

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Global range

Latitude: 45.996°N
Longitude: 63.564°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

11:10 AM UTC - 11:10 AM UTC

Vehicle

Soyuz

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Height46.3 m

LEO Payload7,020 kg

Launches2,456

Successes2,288

Provider

Soviet Space Program

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Schedule History

No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.

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