Soyuz 8

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Soyuz 8 was a 1969 Soviet crewed spaceflight that formed part of a three-spacecraft joint mission in Earth orbit during the early Soyuz program.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soyuz spacecraft mission
crewed spaceflight
actualCrewNumber 2
apogee 255 km
callSign Granit NERFINISHED
commander Vladimir Shatalov NERFINISHED
country Soviet Union
crewCapacity 3
crewLanguage Russian
crewMember Aleksei Yeliseyev NERFINISHED
Vladimir Shatalov NERFINISHED
crewSize 2
crewStatusAtLanding safe
dockingAttemptedWith Soyuz 7 NERFINISHED
dockingSucceeded no
dockingSystem Igla automatic rendezvous system NERFINISHED
flightEngineer Aleksei Yeliseyev NERFINISHED
followedByMission Soyuz 9 NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod early Soyuz program
inclination 51.7 degrees
isPartOf 1969 three-spacecraft joint mission
jointMissionWith Soyuz 6 NERFINISHED
Soyuz 7 NERFINISHED
landingDate 1969-10-18
launchDate 1969-10-13
launchSite Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31 NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Soyuz rocket NERFINISHED
missionCategory orbital flight
missionDuration 4 days 22 hours 50 minutes
missionObjective planned docking with Soyuz 7
test of group flight operations in Earth orbit
missionOutcome partial failure
missionProgram Soyuz program NERFINISHED
missionRole active spacecraft in joint mission
notableFeature second flight for cosmonaut Aleksei Yeliseyev
second flight for cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov
operator Soviet space program NERFINISHED
orbit low Earth orbit
orbitsCompleted 80
perigee 200 km
precededByMission Soyuz 7 NERFINISHED
reentryModuleLanding Kazakhstan NERFINISHED
spaceAgency Soviet space agency
spacecraftMass 6570 kg
spacecraftType Soyuz 7K-OK NERFINISHED

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