Igla (spacecraft docking system)

Drawing of Soyuz with the Igla docking navigation system

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 unmanned spacecraft took place.[2][3]

Problems

Kurs

In 1986 Igla was succeeded by the Kurs docking system, first used on Soyuz TM-2.[6][7]

References

  1. Sven Grahn. "The IGLA radio system for rendez-vous and docking".
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080424051917/http://www.niitp.ru/en/directions/02/history/. Archived from the original on April 24, 2008. Retrieved June 23, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Soyuz and Progress Spacecraft, Historic Spacecraft
  4. Soyuz 15, Encyclopedia Astronautica
  5. Spacecraft: manned: Almaz, RussianSpaceWeb.com
  6. Soviet automated rendezvous and docking system overview. NASA Automated Rendezvous and Capture Review. Executive Summary p 34-35.
  7. http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tm2.htm

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