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Soyuz 40

May 14, 1981, 5:16 PM UTC · Launch Successful

Mission stages

1 linked record

The source has not linked another mission stage.

Previous recorded flight of the same rocket configuration: Zenit-6U 38, Apr 28, 1981, 9:00 AM UTC.

Published flight records. A dash means the source has not supplied a value.
Field	Previous flight	This flight
Mission	Zenit-6U 38	Soyuz 40Different
Purpose	Government/Top Secret	Human ExplorationDifferent
Orbit	Low Earth Orbit	Low Earth Orbit
Launch site	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan	Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Vehicle	Soyuz U	Soyuz U
Spacecraft	—	Soyuz 7K-T 11F615A8 #56
Booster	—	—

spacecraft

1 linked mission records

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