Zond 8
Zond 8
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| Names | Soyuz 7K-L1 s/n 14 |
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| Mission type | Spacecraft test |
| Operator | Soviet Union |
| COSPAR ID | 1970-088A |
| SATCAT № | 4591 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | Soyuz 7K-L1 |
| Manufacturer | OKB-1 |
| Launch mass | 5,375 kilograms (11,850 lb) |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | Soviet recovery vessel Taman |
| Landing date | October 27, 1970 |
| Landing site | 730 kilometres (450 mi) SE of the Chagos Archipelago |
| Flyby of Moon | |
| Closest approach | October 24, 1970 |
| Distance | 1,110.4 km (690.0 mi) |
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 (1970-088B), 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.
This article was originally based on material from NASA (NSSDC) information on Zond 8
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