Mission type | Test Flight |
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Operator | Experimental Design Bureau (OKB-1) |
Orbits completed | Failed to orbit |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-OK No.1 |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-OK |
Manufacturer | Experimental Design Bureau (OKB-1) |
Launch mass | 6316 kg [1] |
Landing mass | 2505 kg |
Dimensions | 7.13 m long 2.72 m wide |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 14 December 1966 11:00 GMT[1] |
Rocket | Soyuz 11A511 s/n U15000-01 |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 31 |
Contractor | Experimental Design Bureau (OKB-1) |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 14 December 1966 18 December 1966 (planned) |
Landing site | 400 m of the pad 31 Kazakh Steppe, Kazakhstan (planned) |
Soyuz 7K-OK No.1 was an uncrewed spacecraft of the Soyuz programme, originally intended to perform a rendezvous maneouvre with Kosmos 133 (Soyuz 7K-OK No.2). After the Kosmos 133 mission failed, the rocket was moved to the launch pad on 12 December 1966 and scheduled to launch on 14 December 1966, 11:00 GMT.[2][1]