Soyuz 11
Sign in to savecrewed Soviet space mission to the Salyut 1 Space Station
Key facts
- Mission type
- Dock with Salyut 1
- Operator
- Soviet space program
- Cospar id
- 1971-053A
- Satcat number span no
- 05283
- Mission duration
- 23 days, 18 hours, 21 minutes, 43 seconds
- Spacecraft
- Soyuz, 7K-T No. 32
- Spacecraft type
- Soyuz 7K-OKS
- Manufacturer
- OKB-1
- Launch mass
- 6,565 kg (14,473 lb)
- Landing mass
- 1,200 kg (2,600 lb)
- Members
- Georgy Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov Viktor Patsayev
- Callsign
- Янтарь ( Yantar – "Amber")
- Launch date
- 04:55:09, 6 June 1971 (UTC) ( 1971-06-06T04:55:09Z )
- Rocket
- Soyuz
- Launch site
- Baikonur , Site 1/5
- Landing date
- 23:16:52, 29 June 1971 (UTC) ( 1971-06-29T23:16:52Z )
- Reference system
- Geocentric orbit
- Regime
- Low Earth orbit
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Encyclopedic overview
Soyuz 11 (Russian: Союз 11, lit. 'Union 11') was the only crewed mission to board the world's first space station, Salyut 1. The crew – Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev – arrived at the space station on 7 June 1971, and departed on 29 June 1971. The mission ended in disaster when the crew capsule depressurised during preparations for re-entry, killing the three-person crew. The crew members of Soyuz 11 are the only humans to have died in space (i.e. above the Kármán line).
Crew
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