Suborbital flight
TKS VA
TKS VA is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the TKS VA program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
TKS VA is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the TKS VA program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1979-A61; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 20 April 1979
- Launch location
- Not documented
- Launch vehicle
- Not documented
- Orbit
- Atmospheric trajectory
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 20 April 1979
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
TKS VA
GCAT program: TKS VA.
- GCAT ID
- L52543
- Manufacturer
- ZIKh (Zavod im. M.V. Khrunichev)
- Launch mass
- 3,800 kg
- Dimensions
- 5.9 m long · 2.8 m diameter · 5.9 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from TKS VA.
Verification
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