Soyuz 6, first of three simultaneous crewed Soyuz flights, with Georgy Shonin and Valery Kubasov. Soyuz from Baikonur Site 31/6 lofted it on 11 October 1969; Kubasov conducted the first orbital welding tests, while planned photo-support of a Soyuz 7/8 docking was cancelled after electronics failed.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.6 T
- Flight
- 14th
- of 32 Soyuz 11A511 flights
- Date and time
- 11 October 1969, 11:10 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 11A511
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1969-085
- Launches in 1969
- 98th of 125
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