Q: What was the primary purpose of Kosmos 1001?

A: Kosmos 1001 was an uncrewed test flight of the Soyuz-T spacecraft model. It was used by the Soviet space program to evaluate the systems and design of the Soyuz-T class in low Earth orbit before deploying it for crewed missions.

Q: Which rocket was used to launch Kosmos 1001?

A: The spacecraft was launched using a Soyuz-U rocket, which is a "Universal" design variant of the Soyuz rocket family. The launch took place from the Gagarin's Start pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

Q: How long did the Kosmos 1001 mission last?

A: The mission had a total duration of 14,400 minutes. It launched on April 4, 1978, and concluded with a landing on April 15, 1978.

Kosmos 1001

uncrewed spacecraft

Event uncrewed_spaceflight Q1785034

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: uncrewed spaceflight, Soyuz-T^[2]
Launch date: 1978-04-04
Part of: Soyuz programme^[4]
Duration: 14,400 minute^[13]
Landing date: 1978-04-15
Launch vehicle: Soyuz-U
Mass: 6,680 kg^[14]
Operator: Soviet space program^[3]
Satellite of: low Earth orbit
Significant event: rocket launch, landing^[9]^[10]
Space launch vehicle: Soyuz-U^[5]
Start point: Baikonur Cosmodrome^[11]
Type of orbit: low Earth orbit^[6]
UTC date of spacecraft landing: April 15, 1978^[8]
UTC date of spacecraft launch: April 4, 1978^[7]
Vessel: Soyuz-T^[12]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 6

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Soyuz-T drawing.svg ↗
BabelNet ID: 03116298n
COSPAR ID: 1978-036A
Freebase ID: /m/0b7k10
SCN: 10783
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Satellite", "10783"]

🔗 Connections

Significant event 2

landing, rocket launch

Belongs to 1

Soyuz programme

Instance of 1

Soyuz-T

Operator 1

Soviet space program

Part of 1

Soyuz programme

Space launch vehicle 1

Soyuz-U

Start point 1

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Type of orbit 1

low Earth orbit

Vessel 1

Soyuz-T

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Summary

Kosmos 1001 is an uncrewed spaceflight^[1].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Kosmos 1001 — instance of (P31): Soyuz-T. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Kosmos 1001 — operator (P137): Soviet space program. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Kosmos 1001 — part of (P361): Soyuz programme. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Kosmos 1001 — space launch vehicle (P375): Soyuz-U. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Kosmos 1001 — type of orbit (P522): low Earth orbit. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Kosmos 1001 — UTC date of spacecraft launch (P619): April 4, 1978. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Kosmos 1001 — UTC date of spacecraft landing (P620): April 15, 1978. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Kosmos 1001 — significant event (P793): rocket launch. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Kosmos 1001 — significant event (P793): landing. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Kosmos 1001 — start point (P1427): Baikonur Cosmodrome. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Kosmos 1001 — vessel (P1876): Soyuz-T. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Kosmos 1001 — duration (P2047): 14400 minutes. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Kosmos 1001 — mass (P2067): 6680 kg. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Kosmos 1001 is an instance of uncrewed spaceflight (Q512399) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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