Soyuz 8

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Soyuz 8

- 1969 Oct 13 - - 10:20 GMT. Nation: USSR. Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Complex: LC31. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511 .

Soyuz 8 Program: Soyuz. Payload: Soyuz 7K-OK s/n 16. Mass: 6,646 kg. Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-OK. Perigee: 201 km. Apogee: 227 km. Inclination: 51.7 deg. Period: 88.7 min. COSPAR: 1969-087A. Duration: 4.95 days. Flight Crew: Shatalov, Yeliseyev. Manned flight: Soyuz 8.
Tested spacecraft systems and designs, manoeuvring of space craft with respect to each other in orbit, conducted scientific, technical and medico-biological experiments in group flight. Was to have docked with Soyuz 7 and transferred crew while Soyuz 6 took film from nearby. However failure of rendezvous electronics in all three craft due to a new helium pressurization integrity test prior to the mission did not permit successful rendezvous and dockings. Recovered October 18, 1969 10:19 GMT.
Maneuver Summary:
201km X 227km orbit to 208km X 212km orbit. Delta V: 6 m/s
208km X 212km orbit to 204km X 235km orbit. Delta V: 7 m/s
Total Delta V: 13 m/s References: 1 , 2 , 6 , 32 , 33 , 60 .

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