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Soyuz 8
Soyuz 8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the 7K-OK program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Soyuz 8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the 7K-OK program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1969-087; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 13 October 1969, 10:19:09 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz 11A511
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A Soviet Space Program Soyuz rocket launched the Soyuz-8 mission on Monday, October 13, 1969 at 10:19 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Vehicle
- Soyuz
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1969-087
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Oct 13, 1969, 10:19 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Oct 13 1969
- Pad and location
- LC-31, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 18 October 1969
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Soyuz 8
GCAT program: 7K-OK.
- GCAT ID
- S04126
- Manufacturer
- Tsentral'niy KB Ekspermental'novo Mashinostroeniya
- Launch mass
- 2,810 kg
- Propulsion
- KTDU-35
- Dimensions
- 7.2 m long · 2.2 m diameter · 10.6 m span
Gallery
0 images from Soyuz 8.
No mission imagery is available yet.
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