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SOYUZ 23 MANNED FLIGHT
USSR |
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Originally planned as long duration
flight to Salyut 5, the spacecraft failed in docking with the
space station. An immediate touchdown went critical because the crew
landed on frozen lake Tengiz during a snowstorm. The recovery crew
wasnīt able to get the cosmonauts out of the capsule because the hatch
was under water. At next morning a helicopter took the capsule and
dragged it to shore. |
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Vyacheslav D.Zudov Commander |
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credit: |
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LAUNCH : |
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17.40 GMT |
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Baikonour |
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Kazakhstan / USSR |
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LC-1 |
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Oct. 14 / 1976 |
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11.27.05 |
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17:21:06 |
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SPACECRAFT : |
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Soyuz 7K-T/A9 |
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LAUNCH VEHICLE : |
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Soyuz 11A511U |
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LANDING : |
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17.46 GMT |
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USSR |
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Lake Tengiz 195 km SW of Tselinograd |
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Oct.16 / 1976 |
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designed by : Michael May copyright 2005 |
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MANNEDSPACEFLIGHT CHRONOLOGY |
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FLIGHT DATA : |
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Inclination |
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51.61° |
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Altitude |
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188 /224 km |
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Duration |
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2d00h06m |
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Orbits |
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32 |
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Valeri I. Rozhdestvensky Flight Engineer |
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Flight no. 058 |
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Docking to: |
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MANNED SPACE FLIGHT 1960īs 1970īs |
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Soyuz 23 recovery activities at lake Tengiz |
