Mission type | Test flight |
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COSPAR ID | 1974-036A ![]() |
SATCAT no. | 07313![]() |
Mission duration | approximately 2.01 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz 7K-T |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 27 May 1974, 07:20 (1974-05-27UTC07:20Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5[1] |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 29 May 1974 (1974-05-30) |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 195 kilometres (121 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 364 kilometres (226 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 90.0 minutes |
Kosmos 656 (Russian: Космос 656 meaning Cosmos 656) was an unmanned test of the Soyuz 7K-T, a variant of the Soyuz spacecraft. This Soyuz variant was intended for flights to the Almaz military space stations.[1]
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