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Launch from Baikonur; landing 200 km southwest
of Karaganda.
It was a unique test flight of the 7K-T/AF modification
of the Soyuz spacecraft.
On board was the large Orion 2 astrophysical
camera. The crew performed astrophysical observations of stars in the
ultraviolet range with this camera. Spectrozonal Earth photography, testing of
on-board systems and biological explorations (OASE 2) in view of later planned
long-termed missions were other experiments. Some of this experiment should
have been done on the Saylut-2 station, but the station failed in orbit.
The recovery of the capsule was problematic because of a snowstorm.
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