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Vehicle
Soyuz
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Height46.3 m
LEO Payload7,020 kg
Launches2456
Successes2288
Mission Brief
Soyuz 8 was a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7 that saw three spacecraft in orbit together at the same time. It prime mission was to dock and transfer crew to Soyuz 7 but the mission failed due to docking system failure. Soyuz 8 was Commanded by Vladimir Shatalov and Flight Engineer Aleksei Yeliseyev.
PayloadSoyuz 8
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerSoyuz
Stages3
Pad31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Timeline
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Launch Site
31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
45.996°N, 63.564°E
Schedule History
No delays or schedule changes recorded.
