Soyuz 7K-MF6
Manufacturer | Experimental Design Bureau (OKB-1) |
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Country of origin | Soviet Union |
Operator | Soviet space program |
Applications | Crewed spacecraft as Earth Observatory Station |
Specifications | |
Launch mass | 6,510 kilograms (14,350 lb) [1] |
Dimensions |
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Power | Solar arrays output 1.3 kW from 10 square metres (110 sq ft) on 4-segments |
Equipment | MF6 multispectral camera |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Design life | Up to 35 days, used for 8 days |
Production | |
Status | No longer in service |
Built | 1 |
Launched | 1 |
Maiden launch | Soyuz 22 15 September 1976 |
Last launch | Soyuz 22 |
Related spacecraft | |
Derived from | Soyuz 7K-TM/Soyuz 7K-T |
Vimpel Diamond for entrainment patch |
Soyuz 7K-MF6 is a version of the Soyuz spacecraft and was the second Soviet spacecraft designed for space station flight, a dedicated science mission. Its only crewed flight was conducted in 1976 with Soyuz 22 of the Soyuz programme. [2]
Design and flight[edit]
The one craft of the Soyuz 7K-MF6 was modified from the original Soyuz 7K-TM/Soyuz 7K-T with the addition of observatory platform. The Soyuz 7K-MF6 flew once on Soyuz 22. Soyuz 7K-MF6 propulsion was from a KTDU-80, liquid rocket engine. Soyuz 7K-MF6 was the second Soviet manned space observatory, the first was Soyuz 13/Soyuz 7K-T-AF. Soyuz 7K-MF6/Soyuz 2 housed the MKF-6 multi-spectral camera. The spectral camera was used for photography of Earth. The multi-spectral camera was manufactured by Carl Zeiss-Jena in East Germany. The universal docking port was removed and a multispectral camera was installed in its place. The observatory equipment was added to the top of nose cone of the spacecraft. Soyuz 7K-MF6 started as the back up spacecraft for the Apollo–Soyuz project, a Soyuz ASTP craft # 74. The Soyuz ASTP was modified in 1976 to become 7K-MF6, after it was not need for the Apollo–Soyuz project that ended in 1975, which used spacecraft Soyuz 19 and Apollo CSM-111. [3][4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Display: Soyuz 13 1973-103A". NASA. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Soyuz 7K-MF6, astronautix.com
- ^ "Baikonur LC1". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2009.
- ^ Newkirk, Dennis (1990). Almanac of Soviet Manned Space Flight. Houston, Texas: Gulf Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87201-848-2.
External links[edit]
- 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
- Space Adventures circum-lunar mission - details