Cargo spacecraft "Progress M-8"

USSR


Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation 21395 / 91038A
Launch date - time 30 May 1991 - 08:04:03 UT
Launch site Baikonur, LC1
Launch vehicle  Soyuz 11A511U2 (#050)
OKB name - S/N° 7K-TGM (#207)
Mass (kg) 7250
Total cargo mass (kg) 
Earth orbit on :
   - Perigee / Apogee 185 x 218 km
   - Inclination 51.6°
   - Period  min


Docking date - time 01 Jun 1991 - 09:44:37 UT
Target spacecraft/port Mir / Fwd port
Docking orbit:
   - Perigee / Apogee  km
   - Inclination °
   - Period  min
Undocking date - time 15 Aug 1991 - 22:16:59 UT
Deorbit burn date - time 16 Aug 1991
Destroyed date - time 16 Aug 1991 - 06:56:32 UT
Flight Duration (dd:hh:min) 77d 22h 53m
Nbr orbits 


Mission:

Orbital parameters:
   - inclination (degrees) 51.6
   - period (minutes) 92.4
   - perigee (km) 390
   - apogee (km) 396
Date and time of the end of existance (UT) 06h.56m.32s.   August 16, 1991
Duration 77d.22h.
Distance (km)
Number of revolutions around Earth
Summary Delivery of cargo to the orbital station "Mir"  



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