The Igla (Russian: Игла, "Needle") docking system was a Soviet radio telemetry system for automated docking of Soyuz spacecraft.[1] The first prototypes were made in late 1965. On 30 October 1967, the first automated docking of Soyuz uncrewed spacecraft took place.[2][3]
In 1986 Igla was succeeded by the Kurs docking system, first used on Soyuz TM-1.[7]
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