Kosmos 869 (Soyuz 7K-S No. 3L), the third uncrewed test of the military Soyuz-T precursor spacecraft. Soyuz-U from Baikonur Site 1/5 flew an 18-day LEO qualification mission of the redesigned systems later used on Soyuz-T.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 6.9 T
- Flight
- 45th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 29 November 1976, 16:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 1976-114
- Launches in 1976
- 117th of 131
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