Soyuz 2

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Mission dates
Mission: Soyuz 2
COSPAR-ID : 1968-093A
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-OK (P) ( GRAU index  11F615)
Serial number: 11
Dimensions: 6825 kg
Launcher: Soyuz (GRAY index 11A511)
Begin: October 25, 1968, 09:00:00  UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 1/5
Space station: Soyuz 3
Landing: October 28, 1968, 07:51:00 UTC
Landing place: Kazakh SSR
Flight duration: 2d 22h 25m
Earth orbits: 48
Rotation time : 88.3 min
Apogee : 210 km
Perigee : 170 km
◄ Before / After ►
Cosmos 238
(unmanned) 		Soyuz 3
(manned)
Previous manned mission:
Soyuz 1

Soyuz 2 is the mission name for an unmanned flight of the Soviet spaceship Soyuz that started on October 25, 1968 . It was the 10th flight in the Soviet Soyuz program. Between the crash of Soyuz 1 and the flight of Soyuz 2, five more unmanned Soyuz spaceships were launched under the names Kosmos 186 , Kosmos 188 , Kosmos 212 , Kosmos 213 and Kosmos 238 .

The name Soyuz 2 was originally intended for a manned spacecraft that was supposed to dock with Soyuz 1. Due to Soyuz 1's problems, Soyuz 2's flight was canceled and officially not given a number. Unofficially, it is often referred to as Soyuz 2A .

Mission overview

Soyuz 2 took off on October 25, 1968 and was a joint flight with the manned spacecraft Soyuz 3, which launched one day later . Both ships approached to about 200 meters under the direction of the ground control, three ultimately unsuccessful coupling attempts by the cosmonaut of the Soyuz-3 spacecraft brought an approach of up to one meter, then the docking maneuvers were canceled due to lack of fuel.

Soyuz 2 returned to earth after three days and landed five kilometers from the calculated target point.

After Soyuz 2, Soyuz 3 landed safely on Kazakh soil on October 30, 1968 .

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