Soyuz 14

USSR

International Flight n°: 51

Earth orbit Flight n°: 49

USSR launch Flight n°: 21

Launch & orbit data:

Designation 07361 / 74051A
Launch date - time 03 Jul 1974 - 18:51:08 UT
Launch site Baikonur, LC1
Launch vehicle  Soyuz 11A511
OKB name - S/N° Soyuz 7K-T/A9 s/n 62
Basic shape  Sphere-cylinder + 2 wings
Dimension (m) 7.5 long, 2.2 dia
Mass (kg) 6570? kg
Flight Crew
(EO-1)		 Popovich, Pavel R. (CDR)
Artyukhin, Yuri P. (FE)
Call Sign Berkut (Golden Eagle)
Backup crew Sarafanov, Demin
Earth orbit on Jul 4.0:
   - Perigee / Apogee 195 x 217 km
   - Eccentricity 0.002
   - Inclination 51.58°
   - Period 88.55 min

Docking & landing data:

Docking date - time 04 Jul 1974 - 20:35 UT
Target spacecraft/port Salyut 3
Docking orbit on Jul 5.1:
   - Perigee / Apogee 268 x 271 km
   - Eccentricity 0.0003
   - Inclination 51.58°
   - Period 88.84 min
Undocking date - time 19 Jul 1974 - 09:03 UT
Landing date - time 19 Jul 1974 - 12:21 UT
Landing location 46°N, 69°E
140km SE of Dzjezkazgan
Flight Duration (d:hr:min) 15:17:30:28
Nbr orbits 252

Flight Crew

Nr. Surname Given name Job Duration Orbits
1  Popovich  Pavel Romanovich  Commander 15d 17h 30m  252 
2  Artyukhin  Yuri Petrovich  Flight engineer 15d 17h 30m  252 

Flight:

1e succesfull docking with spacestation Salyut 3, which had been launched 3 days earlier. The approach had been automatically to a distance of 100m, docking completed manually. Transfer into the space station and staying time of 14 days; presumable military activities (observation of rocket-bases).
Backup Crew: Demin, Sarafanov. Support Crew: Rozhdestvensky, Volynov, Zholobov, Zudov.
Mass: 6,800 kg. Perigee: 195 km. Apogee: 217 km. Inclination: 51.6 deg. Period: 88.6 min.
Summary: Docked with Salyut 3. Successful Almaz military reconnaisance mission. Landed within 2 km of aim point 140 km SE of Dzkezkazgan.
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