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Sputnik 18
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 18 Aug 1962, 03:00 pm UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-2I 63S1 (Kosmos)
Provider: Soviet Space Program
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Pad: Mayak-2, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Mission Description
Cosmos 8 is a DS-K8 demonstration satellite. It re-entered the atmosphere on August 17, 1963.