Kosmos 212 (Soyuz 7K-OK Test #5 / vehicle No.8), an uncrewed Soyuz docking-system test that automatically rendezvoused and docked with Kosmos 213 the next day—the first fully successful automated Soyuz docking. Soyuz from Baikonur Site 31/6 lofted it on 14 April 1968.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T
- Flight
- 7th
- of 32 Soyuz 11A511 flights
- Date and time
- 14 April 1968, 10:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 11A511
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 1968-029
- Launches in 1968
- 31st of 128
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