Progress 8
 A Progress 7K-TG spacecraft | |
| Mission type | Salyut 6 resupply |
|---|---|
| Operator | OKB-1 |
| COSPAR ID | 1980-024A |
| SATCAT no. | 11743 [1] |
| Mission duration | 30 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Progress s/n 108 |
| Spacecraft type | Progress 7K-TG |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 7020 kg |
| Dry mass | 6520 kg |
| Payload mass | 2500 kg |
| Dimensions | 7.48 m in length and 2.72 m in diameter |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 27 March 1980, 18:53:31 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U s/n Zh15000-200 |
| Launch site | Baikonur, 31/6 |
| Contractor | OKB-1 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 26 April 1980, 06:54 UTC [2] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 154.0 km |
| Apogee altitude | 186.0 km |
| Inclination | 51.66° |
| Period | 87.80 minutes |
| Epoch | 27 March 1980 |
| Docking with Salyut 6 | |
| Docking port | Aft [3] |
| Docking date | 29 March 1980, 20:01:00 UTC |
| Undocking date | 25 April 1980, 08:04:00 UTC |
| Time docked | 26.5 days |
| Cargo | |
| Mass | 2500 kg |
Progress 8 (Russian: Прогресс 8), was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1980 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station.
Launch
Progress 8 launched on 27 March 1980 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [4]
Docking
Progress 8 docked with Salyut 6 on 29 March 1980 at 20:01 UTC.[5]
See also
- 1980 in spaceflight
- List of Progress missions
- List of uncrewed spaceflights to Salyut space stations
References
- ^ "Launchlog". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Progress 8". NASA. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Cargo spacecraft "Progress-8"". Manned Astronautics figures and facts. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007.
- ^ "Progress 1 - 42 (11F615A15, 7K-TG)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Salyut 6". Astronautix. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
