Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
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Designer | Sergei Korolev |
Country of origin | Soviet Union |
Operator | Soviet space program |
Applications | Crewed cislunar flight and lunar orbit |
Specifications | |
Launch mass | 9,850 kilograms (21,720 lb) |
Crew capacity | 2 |
Dimensions | 10.06 meters (33.0 ft) length 2.93 meters (9.6 ft) diameter |
Regime | Low Earth orbit Cislunar space Lunar orbit |
Production | |
Status | Canceled |
Built | 6 |
Launched | 5 |
Failed | 4 |
Maiden launch | December 2, 1970 |
Last launch | November 23, 1972 |
Related spacecraft | |
Derived from | Soyuz 7K-OK |
Derivatives | Soyuz 7K-L1 lunar flyby Soyuz 7K-OKS space station shuttle |
Flown with | LK lander |
The Soyuz 7K-LOK, or simply LOK (Russian: Лунный Орбитальный Корабль, romanized: Lunniy Orbitalny Korabl meaning "Lunar Orbital Craft") was a Soviet crewed spacecraft designed to take humans from Earth to orbit the Moon, developed in parallel to the 7K-L1. The LOK would carry two cosmonauts, acting as a mother ship for the LK lander which would land one crew member to the surface. It was part of the N1-L3 programme which also included the LK lander and the N1 rocket.[1]