Bion-8 ( Cosmos-1887 ) is a Soviet artificial Earth satellite of the Bion series, designed for biological research. It was launched on September 29, 1987 at 12 hours 50 minutes UTC from the Plesetsk launch site by the Soyuz-U launch vehicle from launch pad No. 41/1.
| Cosmos-1887 | |
|---|---|
 Spacecraft "Bion" as presented by the artist | |
| Customer |  CSKB |
| Operator | |
| Tasks | biomedical research |
| Satellite | Of the earth |
| Launch pad | Plesetsk / 1 |
| Launch vehicle | Soyuz-U |
| Launch | September 29, 1987 12:50 UTC |
| Flight duration | 13 days |
| Descent from orbit | October 12, 1987 |
| NSSDC ID | 1987-083A |
| SCN | 18380 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 6700 kg |
| Elements of the orbit | |
| Mood | 62.8 ° |
| Circulation period | 90.5 min |
| Apocenter | 382 km |
| Pericenter | 214 km |
| Landing on a celestial body | October 12, 1987 |
| Landing coordinates | |
Content
Experiments
The following biological objects were located on the apparatus: two rhesus monkeys (nicknames Drema and Erosh), ten laboratory Wistar rats, guppy fish , corner teeth , tritons , Drosophila , grasshoppers , beetles, chlorella [1] [2] .
Flight
Landing
See also
- A series of spacecraft "Bion"
Sources and notes
- ↑ James P. Connolly, Richard E. Grindeland, and Rodney W. Ballard. Final Reports of the US Experiments Flown on the Soviet Biosatellite Cosmos 1887 . - Moffett Field, California: Ames Research Center, NASA, 1990. - T. 1. - 529 p.
- ↑ Dmitry Popov. Snails at space speed (inaccessible link) . The magazine "Russian space" . MAKD Publishing House OJSC (January 2013 ). Date of treatment May 20, 2014. Archived on May 20, 2014.