Launch SuccessfulSoviet Space Program

Soyuz: Soyuz 4

Name: Soyuz: Soyuz 4
Start: 1969-01-14T07:30:00Z
End: 1969-01-14T07:30:00Z
Location: 31/6

Soyuz 4 mission started with the launch on January 14, 1969, 07:30:00 UTC, carrying Commander Vladimir Shatalov, Flight Engineer Aleksei Yeliseyev and Research Engineer Yevgeny Khrunov into orbit. Two days later mission achieved the first ever docking of two crewed spacecrafts, having Soyuz 4 docked with Soyuz 5 spacecraft. Since no connecting tunel had been developed yet, the two cosmonauts had to spacewalk from one vehicle to another. The mission concluded with a safe landing back on Earth on January 17, 1969, 06:50:47 UTC.

Tuesday, 14 January 1969

Soyuz

Mission Data

🇷🇺Soviet Space ProgramEst. 1931

Launch VehicleSoyuz

Vehicle FamilySoyuz

Vehicle Record30 of 32 launches (93.8%)

Provider TypeGovernment

Agency Record2288 successes / 168 failures (93%)

Success Streak17 consecutive

ProgramSoyuz · Human Spaceflight

Mission TypeHuman Exploration

Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit

Launch Pad31/6

Location🇰🇿 Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan KAZ

Orbital Launches This Year#4

Agency Launches This Year#4

Launches From This Pad430

Launches From This Site1,565

Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch Site

31/6 · 45.9960°N 63.5640°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.