Soviet Space Program

Soyuz 8

Soyuz

SUCCESS
Success

Monday, October 13, 1969 · 10:19 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Human Exploration

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Soyuz

Launch Pad

31/6

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

45.996° N, 63.564° E

92

Pad Launches

278

Location Launches

433

Agency Launches

101

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