Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L (Soyuz T-10a / T-10-1)

Soyuz T-10-1 (7K-ST No.16L), a crewed mission for Vladimir Titov and Gennady Strekalov toward Salyut 7 that failed on the pad when the Soyuz-U caught fire at Baikonur; the launch escape system fired seconds before the booster exploded, saving both cosmonauts.

Outcome

Failure

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

Did not reach orbit

Flight

343rd

of 714 Soyuz U flights

Date and time

26 September 1983, 19:37 UTC

Rocket

Soyuz U

Builder

Progress RSC

Launch site

1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Payload

Human Exploration

Launches in 1983

100th of 129