Earth orbit
Soyuz-40
Soyuz-40 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the 7K-T program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Soyuz-40 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the 7K-T program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1981-042; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 14 May 1981, 17:16:38 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-U
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A Soviet Space Program Soyuz-U rocket launched the Soyuz-40 mission on Thursday, May 14, 1981 at 5:16 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-U
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1981-042
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- May 14, 1981, 17:16 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- May 14 1981
- Pad and location
- LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 22 May 1981
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Soyuz-40
GCAT program: 7K-T.
- GCAT ID
- S12454
- Manufacturer
- NPO Energiya
- Launch mass
- 2,850 kg
- Dimensions
- 7.2 m long · 2.2 m diameter · 7.2 m span
Gallery
0 images from Soyuz-40.
No mission imagery is available yet.
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