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Bion 8
Satellite. Bion 8 was launched on September 29, 1987 aboard a Soyuz-U from Plesetsk. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Oct 12, 1987).
COSPAR 1987-083ANORAD 18380Soviet Union
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Kosmos-1887
- Common name
- Bion 8
- Payload designation
- Bion No. 8
- Other names
- 12KS No. I15000-08:RA
- International designator
- 1987-083A
- NORAD catalog number
- 18380
- GCAT identifier
- S18380
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/174
Mission
- Mission type
- Biology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Bion
- Owner
- IMBP
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Builder
- Central Specialized Design Bureau
- Platform (bus)
- Bion
Launch
- Date
- September 29, 1987 · 12:49 UTC
- Launch record
- 1987-083Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-U
- Spaceport
- Plesetsk · pad LC41/1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 215 km
- Apogee
- 383 km
- Inclination
- 62.82°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- October 12, 1987
- Last known active
- Oct 12, 1987
- End of operations
- Oct 12, 1987
Size
- Mass
- 2,040 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,040 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 5,450 kg
- Length
- 6.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.40 m
- Span
- 6.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q26005 (CC0).