Soyuz-U from Baikonur Site 31/6 launched Progress 2, the second uncrewed Progress freighter, delivering propellant, food, water, and cargo to the Salyut 6 space station occupied by the Soyuz 29 resident crew.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 9.1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 112th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 7 July 1978, 11:26 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 1978-070
- Launches in 1978
- 72nd of 128
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