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Progress-8
Progress-8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Progress program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Progress-8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the Progress program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1980-024; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 27 March 1980, 18:53:31 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-U
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 26 April 1980
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Progress-8
GCAT program: Progress.
- GCAT ID
- S11743
- Manufacturer
- NPO Energiya
- Launch mass
- 7,250 kg
- Dimensions
- 7.9 m long · 2.7 m diameter · 7.9 m span
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