Spacecraft information: PROGNOZ 8
| Launched | 24 December 1980 |
| Flight ended | 27 December 1984 |
| Status | Decayed |
| Launch site | Tyuratam Missile and Space Center, Kazakhstan (Also known as Baikonur Cosmodrome) |
| Owner | Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) |
| NORAD ID | 12116 |
| COSPAR ID | 1980-103A |
| Observing |