Cosmos 670

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Mission dates
Mission: Cosmos 672
COSPAR-ID : 1974-061A
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-S ( GRAY index  11F732)
serial number 1L
Dimensions: 6700 kg
Launcher: Soyuz U (GRAY index 11A511U)
Crew: no
Begin: August 6, 1974, 12:14  UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 1/5
Landing: August 8, 1974, 23:59 UTC
Flight duration: 2d 23h 45m
Rotation time : 89.5 min
Orbit inclination : 50.6 °
Apogee : 294 km
Perigee : 221 km
◄ Before / After ►
Soyuz 14
(manned) 		Kosmos 672
(unmanned)
Next manned mission:
Soyuz 15

Kosmos 670 is a code name for the unmanned flight of the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 7K-S from August 6th to 8th, 1974 . It was customary in the Soviet Union to give official names only to successful missions. Failed flights were mostly not announced at all and test flights were only announced under the general cover name Kosmos. It was the 28th flight in the Soviet Soyuz program.

Mission overview

This was the first test flight of a new Soyuz spacecraft of the type 7K-S. It was intended to serve as a spaceship for solo military missions. At the time of the flight, however, the program had already been discontinued. The completed spaceships were nevertheless launched as unmanned tests under the names Kosmos 670, Kosmos 772 and Kosmos 869 . The experience gained with these flights later flowed into the development of the successor to the Soyuz spaceship 7K-ST.

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