launched from Russia

Soyuz 7

Success
OCT 12196910:44:00 UTC

Manned orbital flight, 3 cosmonauts.

Electronic failure prevented rendezvous with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 8.

launched from Pad 1/5 Baikonur

aboard Soyuz 7K-OK (A) into LEO

Payload

Soyuz 7

Crew

Ascending
  • 01 Anatoly Filipchenko from Russia
  • 02 Vladislav Volkov from Russia
  • 03 Viktor Gorbatko from Russia
Descending
  • 01 Anatoly Filipchenko from Russia
  • 02 Vladislav Volkov from Russia
  • 03 Viktor Gorbatko from Russia

Docking

attempted to dock with Soyuz 8

returned to Earth Oct 17, 1969

Docking failed — the Igla automatic rendezvous system never achieved radar lock-on, and the manual attempts that followed also failed.