Launch vehicle
Soyuz U
- Height
- 51.1 m
- Diameter
- 2.95 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 714
- First flight
- 1973-05-18
Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz U
- Spacecraft
- Soyuz 7K-TM No.72
- Destination
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- 31/6
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Programs
- Soyuz
The vehicle
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Launch site & orbit
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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DestinationLow Earth Orbit
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