Manufacturer | Experimental Design Bureau (OKB-1) |
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Country of origin | Soviet Union |
Operator | Soviet space program |
Applications | Crewed spacecraft |
Specifications | |
Power | Solar arrays |
Regime | Low Earth orbit (with boosters lunar) |
Production | |
Status | Design proposals |
Built | 0 |
Launched | 0 |
Related spacecraft | |
Derivatives | Soyuz-B |
Soyuz Sever, also spelled Soyuz Siber, (translates to Soyuz north), was an early (1959–1962) design of the Soyuz spacecraft. The Soyuz Sever design of a crewed spacecraft started the Soyuz programme. In 1956, the Soyuz Sever spacecraft was proposed as the replacement for the Vostok spacecraft. Vostok spacecraft had only a crew of one; the Soyuz Sever plan would have crew of three. Sever was planned to be launched on a R7 rocket or Vostok rocket. The Sever plans were made by the Experimental Design Bureau (OKB-1) of the Soviet Union. While the Sever spacecraft was never built and launched, many of the designs and testing outcomes became part of the first generation Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz 7K-OK and the Soyuz 1 mission launched on 23 April 1967. Sever (Sever ferry) final plan was to take crews to a Sever space station, OS-1962.[1][2][3]