| Progress 8 | |||||||||||
| Mission Type: | Salyut 6 resupply | ||||||||||
| Operator: | OKB-1 | ||||||||||
| Cospar Id: | 1980-024A | ||||||||||
| Satcat: | 11743 [1] | ||||||||||
| Mission Duration: | 30 days | ||||||||||
| Spacecraft: | Progress s/n 108 | ||||||||||
| Spacecraft Type: | Progress 7K-TG | ||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | NPO Energia | ||||||||||
| Launch Date: | 27 March 1980, 18:53:31 UTC | ||||||||||
| Launch Rocket: | Soyuz-U s/n Zh15000-200 | ||||||||||
| Launch Site: | Baikonur, 31/6 | ||||||||||
| Launch Contractor: | OKB-1 | ||||||||||
| Dry Mass: | 6520 kg | ||||||||||
| Launch Mass: | 7020 kg | ||||||||||
| Payload Mass: | 2500 kg | ||||||||||
| Dimensions: | 7.48 m in length and 2.72 m in diameter | ||||||||||
| Docking: |
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| Disposal Type: | Deorbited | ||||||||||
| Decay Date: | 26 April 1980, 06:54 UTC [3] | ||||||||||
| Orbit Epoch: | 27 March 1980 | ||||||||||
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric | ||||||||||
| Orbit Regime: | Low Earth | ||||||||||
| Orbit Periapsis: | 154.0 km | ||||||||||
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 186.0 km | ||||||||||
| Orbit Inclination: | 51.66° | ||||||||||
| Orbit Period: | 87.80 minutes | ||||||||||
| Apsis: | gee | ||||||||||
| Cargo Mass: | 2500 kg | ||||||||||
| Previous Mission: | Progress 7 | ||||||||||
| Next Mission: | Progress 9 | ||||||||||
Progress 8, was a Soviet uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1980 to resupply the Salyut 6 space station.
Progress 8 was a Progress 7K-TG spacecraft. The eighth of forty three to be launched, it had the serial number 108.[4] [5] The Progress 7K-TG spacecraft was the first generation Progress, derived from the Soyuz 7K-T and intended for uncrewed logistics missions to space stations in support of the Salyut programme. On some missions the spacecraft were also used to adjust the orbit of the space station.
The Progress spacecraft had a dry mass of, which increased to around when fully fuelled. It measured in length, and in diameter. Each spacecraft could accommodate up to of payload, consisting of dry cargo and propellant. The spacecraft were powered by chemical batteries, and could operate in free flight for up to three days, remaining docked to the station for up to thirty.[6]
Progress 8 launched on 27 March 1980 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. It used a Soyuz-U rocket. [7]
Progress 8 docked with Salyut 6 on 29 March 1980 at 20:01 UTC.[8]