Soyuz 9

Designation	04407 / 70041A
Launch date - time	01 Jun 1970 - 19:00 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC31 (LC1?-ref206)
Launch vehicle	Soyuz 11A511
OKB name - S/Nº	Soyuz 7K-OK s/n 17
Basic shape	Sphere-cylinder + 2 wings
Dimension (m)	7.5 long, 2.2 dia
Mass (kg)	6590 kg
Flight Crew	Nikolayev, Andrian G. (CDR) Sevestyanov, Vitali I. (FE)
Call Sign	Sokol (Falcon)
Backup crew	Lazarev V., Makarov O.
Earth orbit on 2 Jun.0:
- Perigee / Apogee	176 x 227 km
- Eccentricity	0.004
- Inclination	51.64°
- Period	88.47 min
Landing date - time	19 Jun 1970 - 11:58:55 UT
Landing location	50°N, 72°E
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	17d 16h 58m 55s (17.71 days)
Nbr orbits	286

Launch from Baikonur; landing 75 km west of Karaganda; first night launch in the aera of human spaceflights; photographical and visual Earth observation; new spaceflight record.
The main goal of the mission was to investigate the effects of a long period of weightlessness on the human body.

Soyuz 9 crew before lifotff - Credit: RKK Energia.
Manned flight endurance test. Medico-biological, scientific and technical studies and experiments in prolonged orbital flight. Inconclusive results due to slow sun-oriented rotation of spacecraft to conserve fuel producing motion sickness in cosmonauts. Recovered June 19, 1970 11:59 GMT.
Maneuver Summary:
176km X 228km orbit to 208km X 256km orbit. Delta V: 17 m/s
208km X 256km orbit to 244km X 259km orbit. Delta V: 10 m/s
Total Delta V: 27 m/s.

Tereshkova and daughter and Khrunov communicate with Nikolayev during Soyuz 9. - Credit: RKK Energia.

Nikolayev on screen in communications session with his wife, Valentina Tereshkova, and daughter. - Credit: RKK Energia.

Launch cancel Magadan.

Launch cancel Tartu.

Landing cancel Baikonur-Karaganda. Credit: #410

FDC Moscou, signed by Nikolayev & Sevastiyanov.

Ref.: #1,#2, #4, #7, #8, #16, #125, #206, #210, #410 - update: 17.02.19