Kosmos 670

1974 Soviet test spaceflight

Kosmos 670 (Russian: Космос 670 meaning Cosmos 670) was an unmanned Soyuz 7K-S test. It used a new and unique inclination of 50.6 degree. [1] The experience from these flights were used in the development of the successor program Soyuz spacecraft the Soyuz 7K-ST.[2] [3][4][5][6][7]

Mission parameters

  • Spacecraft: 7K-S
  • Mass: 6700 kg
  • Crew: None
  • Launched: August 6, 1974
  • Landed: August 8, 1974 23:59 UTC.
  • Perigee: 221 km
  • Apogee: 294 km
  • Inclination: 50.6 deg
  • Duration: 2.99 days

See also

  • Cosmos 772
  • Cosmos 869

References

  1. ^ "www.friends-partners.org". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2006-02-03.
  2. ^ "friends-partners.org soyuz7ks". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2006-02-03.
  3. ^ astronautix.com soyuz7k-s
  4. ^ "A brief history of space accidents". Jane's Transport Business News. February 3, 2003. Archived from the original on 2003-02-04. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
  5. ^ "Astronauts escape malfunctioning rocket". BBC News. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  6. ^ Sanchez, Merri J. (March 2000). "A Human Factors Evaluation of a Methodology for Pressurized Crew Module Acceptability for Zero-Gravity Ingress of Spacecraft" (PDF). Houston, Texas: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-05. Retrieved 2007-10-20.
  7. ^ Evans, Ben (September 28, 2013). "'We Were Swearing!' Thirty Years Since Russia's Brush With Disaster". Retrieved 2014-01-24.


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