Soyuz-A

Soyuz-A
General Information
Soyuz 7K manned spacecraft concept (1963)
Manufacturer	OKB-1
Country of Origin	Soviet Union
Applications	Carry up to three cosmonauts to lunar orbit.
Orbit regimes	Low Earth Medium Earth Circumlunar
Production
Status	Cancelled
Launched	None

Sergei Korolev initially promoted the Soyuz A-B-V circumlunar complex (7K-9K-11K) concept (also known as L1) in which a two-man craft Soyuz 7K would rendezvous with other components (9K and 11K) in Earth orbit to assemble a lunar excursion vehicle, the components being delivered by the proven R-7 rocket. ^[1]^[2]

Besides the Soyuz 7K spacecraft, the complex would feature a Soyuz 9K booster and a Soyuz 11K tanker with twin whip antennas.

The 7K would have been equipped with cameras and sensors to study the lunar surface during the flyby, at a distance of 1,000 to 20,000 km from the Moon's surface. Total flight time would have been 7 to 8 days.

References

^ "Soyuz A". astronautix.com. Mark Wade. 2001-10-31. http://www.friends-partners.org/partners/mwade/craft/soyuza.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
^ Pike, John. "L-1 Lunar Circumnavigation Mission". GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/russia/lunar-l-1.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-30.

Soyuz programme

Soyuz 7K-OK (1967–1971)	1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971)	10 11

Soyuz 7K-T (1973–1981)	12 13 14 15 17 18a 18 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976)	16 19 22

Soyuz-T (1976–1986)	T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8 T-9 T-10-1 T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15

Soyuz-TM (1986–2003)	TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34

Soyuz-TMA (2003–2012)	TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21

Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–)	TMA-01M TMA-02M

Current	TMA-22 TMA-03M

Planned	TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M

Unmanned	Kosmos 133 Kosmos 140 Kosmos 186 Kosmos 188 Kosmos 212 Kosmos 213 Kosmos 238 Soyuz 2 Kosmos 379 Kosmos 396 Kosmos 398 Kosmos 434 Kosmos 496 Kosmos 573 Kosmos 613 Kosmos 638 Kosmos 656 Kosmos 670 Kosmos 672 Kosmos 772 Soyuz 20 Kosmos 869 Kosmos 1001 Kosmos 1074 Soyuz T-1 Soyuz TM-1

Soyuz variants

Early programme	Sever · Soyuz 7K · Soyuz 9K · Soyuz 11K · Soyuz-VI · Soyuz 7K-P · Soyuz 7K-PPK · Soyuz-R · Soyuz 7K-TK

7K series	Soyuz 7K-OK · Soyuz 7K-L1 · Soyuz 7K-LOK · Soyuz 7K-TK · Soyuz 7KT-OK · Soyuz 7K-T · Soyuz 7K-T/A9 · Soyuz 7K-TM · Soyuz 7K-MF6

Later series	Soyuz-S · Soyuz-T · Soyuz-TM · Soyuz-TMA

Progress	Progress 7K-TG · Progress-M · Progress-M1 · Progress-M2

Other derivatives	Aelita · Gamma

Soviet and Russian government manned space programs

Active	Soyuz • ISS (joint)

Past	Vostok • Voskhod • Salyut • Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (joint) • Mir • Shuttle-Mir programme (joint)

Cancelled	Zond (lunar Soyuz 7K-L1) • N1-L3 (Moon landing) • Zvezda (moonbase) • TMK (Mars/Venus flyby) • Spiral • Almaz (incorporated into Salyut program) / TKS spacecraft • Energia / Buran • Kliper

Manned lunar spacecraft

Orbiters	Apollo Command/Service Module · Zond (Soyuz 7K-L1) · LOK (Soyuz 7K-L3) · Orion · Rus

Landers	Apollo Lunar Module · Lunniy Korabl · Altair

Soyuz-A

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