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Soyuz 2

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Mission type
  
Test flight

COSPAR ID
  
1968-093A

Spacecraft type
  
Soyuz 7K-OK

Apogee
  
229,000 m

Launch mass
  
6,450 kg

Dates
  
25 Oct 1968 – 28 Oct 1968

Operator
  
Soviet space program

Orbits completed
  
48

Period
  
1.5 hours

Inclination
  
51.7°

Launch date
  
25 October 1968

Rocket
  
Soyuz

Manufacturer
  
Experimental Design Bureau OKB-1

Soyuz 2 (Russian: Союз 2, Union 2) was an uncrewed spacecraft in the Soyuz family intended to be the target of a docking maneuver by the manned Soyuz 3 spacecraft. It was intended to be the first docking of a manned spacecraft in the Soviet space program. Although the two craft approached closely, the docking did not take place and the first successful Soviet docking of manned spacecraft took place in the joint Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 mission.

Mission parameters

  • Mass: 6,450 kg (14,220 lb)
  • Perigee: 191 km (119 mi)
  • Apogee: 229 km (142 mi)
  • Inclination: 51.70°
  • Period: 88.60 min
  • References

    Soyuz 2 Wikipedia