Launch SuccessfulSoviet Space Program

Soyuz: Soyuz 6

Name: Soyuz: Soyuz 6
Start: 1969-10-11T11:10:00Z
End: 1969-10-11T11:10:00Z
Location: 31/6

Soyuz 6 was a joint mission with Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 that saw three spacecraft in orbit together at the same time. Soyuz 6 mission was to take high quality photographs of the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 docking but on all three spacecraft the docking system failed. The mission was commanded by Georgi Shonin and Flight Engineer Valeri Kubasov.

Saturday, 11 October 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#99

Agency Launches This Year#60

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.