Letter Sov 1972 Intercosmos8 ADeyneka B002, Soviet Union
Summary
Stamp of the special issue of the Soviet Union from 1970 to the centenary of the birth of Vladimir I. Lenin on a special cover to the launch of "Intercosmos 8" in 1972
Stamp: Michel No. 3276 (Soviet Union), 4 (Kopeks), pictured painting of Alexandr Deyneka "Conqueror of the Space" and gold/red inscription relationg to the Lenin centenary
Postmark: Moscow (Moskva) - International Post Office (meschdunarodnoy pochtamt), 30 November 1972
Cover print image: "Interkosmos 8", unmanned satellite mission
Launch of the Satellite: Plesetsk, 30 November 1972
Carrier rocket: Modified SS-4 (Sandal IRBM)
Time of flight: from 30 November 1972 until 2 March 1973 date QS:P,+1972-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1972-11-30T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1973-03-02T00:00:00Z/11
NASA Code (NSSDCA/COSPAR): 1972-094A
NORAD-ID: 6291
Aim of the mission: Measurements of space physics (with equipment from East Germany and Czechoslovakia).
Русский: Филателистический конверт СССР, посвящённый запуску искусственного спутника Земли «Интеркосмос-8» 30 ноября 1972 года, с памятным каше (слева) и календарным штемпелем Международного почтамта Москвы на советской марке 1970 года по картине А. Дейнеки «Покорители космоса» (ЦФА 3850; Mi. 3276).