Mission type | Salyut 6 resupply |
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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.