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Soyuz 16

Rocket launch

by Russia

Launch time2 Dec 197409:40 UTC

success

Orbit: LEO

Manned orbital flight, 2 cosmonauts.

ASTP dress-rehearsal.

First manned use of Soyuz-U 11A511U.

Rocket SoyuzU

launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Pad 1/5Kazakhstan

Payloads

NamePurposeMassComment
Soyuz 16---

Spacecraft landing

  • Date

    8 Dec 1974

Crew at start

  • Anatoly Filipchenko Russia
  • Nikolai Rukavishnikov Russia

Crew at landing

  • Anatoly Filipchenko Russia
  • Nikolai Rukavishnikov Russia