Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:00:00
Thursday December 18, 1986
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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
1,024 kilograms
52nd
Mission
12th
Mission of 1986
2062nd
Mission
92nd
Mission of 1986
108th
Orbital launch attempt