NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Intercosmos 1

Launch Time
Tue Oct 14, 1969 13:19 UTC

Rocket

Cosmos-2 (63SM)
Image Credit: OKB-586
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 636 kN
Payload to LEO: 400 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 29.59 m
Fairing Diameter: 1.65 m
Fairing Height: 2.99 m

Mission Details

Intercosmos 1

Intercosmos 1 is a satellite of the Intercosmos constellation. This program comes from the cooperation between the USSR and the other Soviet countries, for the development of satellite for scientific purposes.
Intercosmos-1 had to study the Sun. He was carrying 5 scientific instruments, three photometers, a heliograph and a polarimeter.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 303.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russia

Stats

1969

101st orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-2I

45th mission
9th mission of 1969
43rd successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission