Status
Success
Cosmos 1809
Launch Time
Thu Dec 18, 1986 08:00 UTC
Thu Dec 18, 1986 08:00 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Cosmos 1809
Ionozond-E (also known as Cosmos 1809) was a Soviet low earth orbiting satellite to investigate the ionosphere.
The satellite was built on Yuzhnoye's AUOS-Z bus. It carried a number of space physics instruments for monitoring of the Earth's ionosphere, and also to study of the propagation of radio waves in the ionosphere.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,024.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 32/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1986
108th orbital launch attempt
Tsyklon-3
52nd mission
12th mission of 1986
49th successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission