Q: What was the significance of Soyuz 6?

A: Soyuz 6 was significant for achieving the first successful docking between two crewed spacecraft, a critical milestone for future space station collaborations.

Q: Who were the crew members of Soyuz 6?

A: The crew consisted of Georgy Shonin as spacecraft commander and Valeri Kubasov as flight engineer.

Q: How long did the Soyuz 6 mission last?

A: The mission lasted five days, 19 hours, and 37 minutes, from launch to landing.

Q: Where did Soyuz 6 land?

A: Soyuz 6 landed in Kazakhstan on October 16, 1969.

Q: What was the backup crew for Soyuz 6?

A: The backup crew included Vladimir Shatalov as spacecraft commander and Aleksei Yeliseyev as flight engineer.

Soyuz 6

Soviet crewed space mission

Vehicle soyuz_7k_ok Q753542

Facts

28 properties

Instance of: Soyuz 7K-OK, human spaceflight^[2]
Follows: Soyuz 5^[4]
Followed by: Soyuz 7^[5]
Launch date: 1969-10-11
Part of: Soyuz programme^[6]
Duration: 427,367 second^[20]
Apoapsis: 218 km
Backup or reserve team or crew: Vladimir Shatalov, Aleksei Yeliseyev
Call sign: Антей (Antey)
Crew member: Georgy Shonin, Valeri Kubasov
Crew members: Georgy Shonin, Valeri Kubasov^[13]^[14]
Landing date: 1969-10-16
Launch vehicle: Soyuz
Location of landing: Kazakhstan^[15]
Mass: 6,577 kg^[21]
Operator: Soviet space program^[3]
Orbital inclination: 51.68 degree^[19]
Orbital period: 88.8 minute
Orbits completed: 80^[16]
Periapsis: 212 km
Satellite of: low Earth orbit
Significant event: rocket launch, landing^[11]^[12]
Space launch vehicle: Soyuz^[7]
Start point: Baikonur Cosmodrome^[17]

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Type of orbit: low Earth orbit^[8]
UTC date of spacecraft landing: October 16, 1969^[10]
UTC date of spacecraft launch: October 11, 1969^[9]
Vessel: Soyuz 7K-OK^[18]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 5

Image (Wikimedia Commons): The Soviet Union 1969 CPA 3809 stamp (Georgi Shonin and Valeri Kubasov (Soyuz 6)) cancelled.jpg ↗
COSPAR ID: 1969-085A
Freebase ID: /m/01b_w7
SCN: 04122
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Satellite", "04122"]

🔗 Connections

Backup or reserve team or crew 2

Vladimir Shatalov, Aleksei Yeliseyev

Crew members 2

Valeri Kubasov, Georgy Shonin

Instance of 2

human spaceflight, Soyuz 7K-OK

Significant event 2

landing, rocket launch

Space launch vehicle 2

Soyuz, Soyuz

← Astronaut mission 2

Valeri Kubasov, Georgy Shonin

Belongs to 1

Soyuz programme

Followed by 1

Soyuz 7

Followed by (predecessor) 1

Soyuz 7

Follows 1

Soyuz 5

Location of landing 1

Kazakhstan

Operator 1

Soviet space program

Part of 1

Soyuz programme

Preceded by (successor) 1

Soyuz 5

Start point 1

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Type of orbit 1

low Earth orbit

Vessel 1

Soyuz 7K-OK

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Summary

Soyuz 6 is a Soyuz 7K-OK^[1].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Soyuz 6 — instance of (P31): human spaceflight. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Soyuz 6 — operator (P137): Soviet space program. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Soyuz 6 — follows (P155): Soyuz 5. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Soyuz 6 — followed by (P156): Soyuz 7. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Soyuz 6 — part of (P361): Soyuz programme. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Soyuz 6 — space launch vehicle (P375): Soyuz. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Soyuz 6 — type of orbit (P522): low Earth orbit. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Soyuz 6 — UTC date of spacecraft launch (P619): October 11, 1969. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Soyuz 6 — UTC date of spacecraft landing (P620): October 16, 1969. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Soyuz 6 — significant event (P793): rocket launch. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Soyuz 6 — significant event (P793): landing. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Soyuz 6 — crew members (P1029): Georgy Shonin. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Soyuz 6 — crew members (P1029): Valeri Kubasov. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Soyuz 6 — location of landing (P1158): Kazakhstan. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Soyuz 6 — orbits completed (P1418): {'amount': '+80'}. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Soyuz 6 — start point (P1427): Baikonur Cosmodrome. Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Soyuz 6 — vessel (P1876): Soyuz 7K-OK. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Soyuz 6 — orbital inclination (P2045): 51.68 degree. spacefacts.de. spacefacts.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Soyuz 6 — duration (P2047): 427367 seconds. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Soyuz 6 — mass (P2067): 6577 kg. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Soyuz 6 is an instance of Soyuz 7K-OK (Q1956962) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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