| Mission type | Mir resupply |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 1991-038A |
| SATCATno. | 21395 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Progress-M 11F615A55 |
| Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,250 kilograms (15,980 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 30 May 1991, 08:04:03 (1991-05-30UTC08:04:03Z) UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
| Launch site | BaikonurSite 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 16 August 1991, 06:59:32 (1991-08-16UTC06:59:33Z) UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 391 kilometres (243 mi)[1] |
| Apogee altitude | 394 kilometres (245 mi)[1] |
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
| Docking withMir | |
| Docking port | Core Forward |
| Docking date | 1 June 1991, 09:44:37 UTC |
| Undocking date | 15 August 1991, 22:16:59 UTC |
| Time docked | 75 days |
Progress M-8 (Russian:Прогресс М-8) was aSoviet uncrewed cargo spacecraft which was launched in 1991 to resupply theMir space station.[2] The twenty-sixth of sixty fourProgress spacecraft to visit Mir, it used theProgress-M 11F615A55 configuration,[3] and had theserial number 207.[4] It carried supplies including food, water and oxygen for theEO-9 crew aboard Mir, as well as equipment for conducting scientific research, and fuel for adjusting the station's orbit and performing manoeuvres. It also carried theNaduvaniy Hazovoy Ballon satellite, which was subsequently deployed from Mir.[5]
Progress M-8 was launched at 08:04:03 GMT on 30 May 1991, atop aSoyuz-U2 carrier rocket flying fromSite 1/5 at theBaikonur Cosmodrome.[4] Following two days of free flight, it docked with the forward port of Mir'score module at 09:44:37 GMT on 1 June.[6][7]
During the 75 days for which Progress M-8 was docked, Mir was in an orbit of around 391 by 394 kilometres (211 by 213 nmi),inclined at 51.6 degrees.[1] Progress M-8 undocked from Mir at 22:16:59 GMT on 15 August, and was deorbited the next day, to a destructivereentry over thePacific Ocean at around 06:59:32.[1][6]
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