Earth orbit
Soyuz T-8
Soyuz T-8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the 7K-ST program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Soyuz T-8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the 7K-ST program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1983-035; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 20 April 1983, 13:10:54 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-U
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A Soviet Space Program Soyuz-U rocket launched the Soyuz T-8 mission on Wednesday, April 20, 1983 at 1:10 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-U
- COSPAR launch ID
- 1983-035
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Apr 20, 1983, 13:10 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Apr 20 1983
- Pad and location
- LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 22 April 1983
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Soyuz T-8
GCAT program: 7K-ST.
- GCAT ID
- S14014
- Manufacturer
- NPO Energiya
- Launch mass
- 2,850 kg
- Dimensions
- 7.2 m long · 2.2 m diameter · 10.6 m span
Gallery
0 images from Soyuz T-8.
No mission imagery is available yet.
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