Tags: Artificialsatellite, Satellite.
Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L sometimes known as Soyuz T-10a or T-10-1 was an unsuccessful Soyuz mission intended to visit the Salyut 7 space station which was occupied by the Soyuz T-9 crew. However it never finished its launch countdown; the launch vehicle was destroyed on the launch pad by fire on September 26 1983. The launch escape system of the Soyuz spacecraft fired two seconds before the launch vehicle exploded saving the crew.