Kosmos 1074, the second uncrewed orbital test of the Soyuz-T (7K-ST) crewed spacecraft, launched on a Soyuz-U from Baikonur Site 31/6 into a ~51.6° low Earth orbit to qualify the new design before crewed flights.
- Outcome
- Success
- Payload to orbit
- 6.9 T
- Flight
- 135th
- of 714 Soyuz U flights
- Date and time
- 31 January 1979, 09:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Soyuz U
- Builder
- Progress RSC
- Launch site
- 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Unknown
- International designator
- 1979-008
- Launches in 1979
- 8th of 110
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