Soviet Space Program

Prognoz-8

Molniya-M 2BL

SUCCESS

Success

Thursday, December 25, 1980 · 04:02 UTC

Mission

/01

Prognoz is a series of research satellites to study solar activity and its influence on Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere.

Mission Type

Heliophysics

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

/02

Rocket

Variant: 2BL

Launch Pad

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

45.996° N, 63.564° E

222

Pad Launches

577

Location Launches

1449

Agency Launches

106

Orbital This Year