Soyuz 7K-OK

Soyuz 7K-OK

Soyuz 7K-OK(A) spacecraft with an active docking unit
General Information
Manufacturer	Korolev
Country of Origin	Soviet Union
Applications	Carry three cosmonauts to orbit and back
Orbit regimes	Low Earth orbit
Operator	Soviet space program
Derivatives	Soyuz 7K-L1
Production
Status	Out of service
Built	16
Launched	16
First launch	Kosmos 133, 1966
Last launch	Soyuz 9, 1970

The manned Soyuz spacecraft can be classified into design generations. Soyuz 1 through Soyuz 11 (1967–1971) were first-generation vehicles, carrying a crew of up to three without spacesuits and distinguished from those following by their bent solar panels and their use of the Igla automatic docking navigation system, which required special radar antennas. The first unmanned test of this version was Cosmos-133, launched on Nov. 28, 1966. This first generation was called Soyuz 7K-OK and encompassed the original Soyuz and Salyut 1 Soyuz. Variations within it were primarily docking fixtures; the first nine examples had no internal hatch and crew transfer had to take place by means of spacewalks, employing spacesuits kept in the orbital module, which functioned as an airlock, as done on Soyuz 4 and 5. This version was used up to 1971.

Unmanned and test missions

• Cosmos 133
• Cosmos 140
• Cosmos 186
• Cosmos 188
• Cosmos 212
• Cosmos 213
• Cosmos 238
• Soyuz 2

Manned missions

• Soyuz 1
• Soyuz 3
• Soyuz 4
• Soyuz 5
• Soyuz 6
• Soyuz 7
• Soyuz 8
• Soyuz 9

External links

• Russia New Russian spaceship will be able to fly to Moon - space corp
• RSC Energia: Concept Of Russian Manned Space Navigation Development
• Mir Hardware Heritage
  • David S.F. Portree, Mir Hardware Heritage, NASA RP-1357, 1995
  • Mir Hardware Heritage (wikisource)
• Information on Soyuz spacecraft
• OMWorld's ASTP Docking Trainer Page
• NASA - Russian Soyuz TMA Spacecraft Details
• Space Adventures circum-lunar mission - details