Soyuz 6

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Soyuz 6 was a 1969 Soviet crewed spaceflight notable for conducting welding experiments in orbit as part of an early phase of the Soyuz program.

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instanceOf Soyuz spacecraft mission
crewed spaceflight
apogeeAltitudeKilometers 223
apsis Earth NERFINISHED
callSign Antey NERFINISHED
Антей NERFINISHED
commander Georgy Shonin NERFINISHED
country Soviet Union
crewMember Georgy Shonin NERFINISHED
Valeri Kubasov NERFINISHED
crewSize 2
crewStatus all crew returned safely
flightEngineer Valeri Kubasov NERFINISHED
followedBy Soyuz 7 NERFINISHED
landingDate 1969-10-16
landingRegion Kazakhstan NERFINISHED
landingSite Kazakh SSR NERFINISHED
languageOfCallSign Russian
launchDate 1969-10-11
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31 NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Soyuz rocket NERFINISHED
launchYear 1969
missionDuration 4 days 22 hours 42 minutes
missionDurationDays 4.95
missionObjective conduct scientific and technical experiments
conduct welding experiments in orbit
perform Earth observation and photography
test space welding technology for construction and repair in space
missionSequence flew simultaneously with Soyuz 7
flew simultaneously with Soyuz 8
missionType engineering research mission
test flight
notableExperiment welding in open space using Vulkan apparatus
welding of metals in vacuum and weightlessness
operator Soviet space agency NERFINISHED
Soviet space program NERFINISHED
orbitalInclinationDegrees 51.7
orbitalPeriodMinutes 88.6
orbitType low Earth orbit
partOf joint mission with Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8
perigeeAltitudeKilometers 196
precededBy Soyuz 5 NERFINISHED
programPhase early phase of Soyuz program
spacecraft Soyuz 6 spacecraft NERFINISHED
spacecraftDesigner Sergei Korolev design bureau NERFINISHED
spacecraftManufacturer OKB-1 NERFINISHED
spacecraftType Soyuz 7K-OK NERFINISHED
spaceProgram Soyuz program NERFINISHED

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