This article is about a 1974 spaceflight. For the mission identified by NASA as ISS Soyuz 16, see Soyuz TMA-12.
Soyuz 16
Mission type
Test flight for ASTP mission
Operator
Soviet space program
COSPAR ID
1974-096A
SATCAT no.
07561
Mission duration
5 days 22 hours 23 minutes 35 seconds
Orbits completed
95
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft
Soyuz 7K-TM No.4
Spacecraft type
Soyuz 7K-TM
Manufacturer
NPO Energia
Launch mass
6680 kg[1]
Landing mass
1200 kg
Crew
Crew size
2
Members
Anatoly Filipchenko Nikolai Rukavishnikov
Callsign
Буран (Buran - "Blizzard")
Start of mission
Launch date
2 December 1974, 09:40:00 UTC
Rocket
Soyuz-U
Launch site
Baikonur, Site 1/5[2]
End of mission
Landing date
8 December 1974, 08:03:35 UTC
Landing site
30 km of the northeast of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric orbit[3]
Regime
Low Earth orbit
Perigee altitude
177.0 km
Apogee altitude
223.0 km
Inclination
51.7°
Period
88.4 minutes
Salyut program insignia
Soyuz programme
← Soyuz 15
Soyuz 17 →
Soyuz 16 (Russian: Союз 16, Union 16) was a December, 1974, crewed test flight for a joint Soviet-United States space flight which culminated in the Apollo–Soyuz mission in July 1975. The two-man Soviet crew, Anatoly Filipchenko and Nikolai Rukavishnikov, tested a docking ring and other systems to be used in the joint flight.
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