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Soyuz 15
Failed attempt to dock with Salyut 3. Soyuz 15 was launched on August 26, 1974 aboard a Soyuz 11A511 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Aug 28, 1974).
COSPAR 1974-067ANORAD 7421Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Soyuz-15
- Common name
- Soyuz 15
- Payload designation
- Soyuz 7K-T(A9) No. 63
- International designator
- 1974-067A
- NORAD catalog number
- 7421
- GCAT identifier
- S07421
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.301
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- 7K-TA
- Owner
- NPO Energiya
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- NPO Energiya
- Platform (bus)
- 7K-T A9
Launch
- Date
- August 26, 1974 · 19:58 UTC
- Launch record
- 1974-067Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz 11A511
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 171 km
- Apogee
- 234 km
- Inclination
- 51.57°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- August 28, 1974
- Last known active
- Aug 28, 1974
- End of operations
- Aug 28, 1974
Size
- Mass
- 2,850 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,850 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 6,800 kg
- Length
- 7.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 7.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q836053 (CC0).