Soyuz 17, the first crewed expedition to Salyut 4, with cosmonauts Aleksei Gubarev and Georgy Grechko. Soyuz from Baikonur Site 1/5 docked the next day; the crew set a Soviet duration record of about 29 days before returning on 19 February 1975.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 6.8 T
- Flight
- 28th
- of 32 Soyuz 11A511 flights
- Date and time
- 10 January 1975, 21:43 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz 11A511
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1975-001
- Launches in 1975
- 1st of 132
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