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Kosmos 8 (Russian: Космос 8 meaning Cosmos 8) also known as DS-K-8 No.1 and occasionally in the West as Sputnik 18 was a technology demonstration satellite which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1962. It was the eighth satellite to be designated under the Kosmos system and the third spacecraft launched as part of the DS programme to successfully reach orbit after Kosmos 1 and Kosmos 6. Its primary mission was to demonstrate the technologies for future Soviet military satellites.