Zond 8
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Zond 8 | |
| Major contractors | OKB-1 |
|---|---|
| Bus | Soyuz 7K-L1 |
| Mission type |
Lunar flyby Spacecraft test |
| Launch date |
20 October 1970 19:55:39 UTC |
| Carrier rocket | Proton-K/D |
| Launch site | Baikonur |
| Landing site |
730 kilometres (450 mi) SE of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean |
| Mass | 5,375 kilograms (11,850 lb) |
Zond 8, a formal member of the Soviet Zond program and unmanned version of Soyuz 7K-L1 manned Moon-flyby spacecraft, was launched from an Earth orbiting platform, Tyazheliy Sputnik (70-088B), towards the Moon.
The announced objectives of Zond 8 were investigations of the Moon and circumlunar space and testing of onboard systems and units. The spacecraft obtained photographs of Earth on 21 October from a distance of 64,480 km. The spacecraft transmitted flight images of Earth for three days. Zond 8 flew past the Moon on October 24, 1970, at a distance of 1110.4 km and obtained both black-and-white and color photographs of the lunar surface. Scientific measurements were also obtained during the flight.
Zond 8 reentered the Earth's atmosphere and splashed down 730 km SE of the Chagos Archipelago, in the Indian Ocean on 27 October 1970, 24 km from the USSR recovery ship Taman.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Zond 8, Recovery Ship, Miss Distance", Soviet and Russian lunar exploration By Brian Harvey - page 218, Recovery Ship and Miss Distance.
- ↑ "Zond 8, Landing Point", NASA Solar System Exploration - Zond 8, Splashdown area.
External links
This article was originally based on material from NASA (NSSDC) information on Zond 8
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