Earth orbit
Soyuz TMA-8
Soyuz TMA-8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the 7K-STMA program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
View in 3D map ↗The mission
Soyuz TMA-8 is catalogued by GCAT as a human-spaceflight mission in the 7K-STMA program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2006-009; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 30 March 2006, 02:30:20 UTC
- Launch location
- GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-FG
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A Roscosmos Soyuz-FG rocket launched the Soyuz TMA-8 mission on Thursday, March 30, 2006 at 2:30 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Roscosmos
- Vehicle
- Soyuz-FG
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2006-009
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Mar 30, 2006, 02:30 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Mar 30 2006
- Pad and location
- LC-1, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 29 September 2006
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Soyuz TMA-8
GCAT program: 7K-STMA.
- GCAT ID
- S28996
- Manufacturer
- RKK Energiya
- Launch mass
- 2,877 kg
- Propulsion
- SA
- Dimensions
- 7.9 m long · 2.7 m diameter · 10.6 m span
Gallery
One image from Soyuz TMA-8.
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