Status
Success
Intercosmos 3
Launch Time
Fri Aug 07, 1970 02:59 UTC
Fri Aug 07, 1970 02:59 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Intercosmos 3
Intercosmos-3 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-3 was to study the magnetic fields, the radiations present in Earth orbit, as well as the influence of the solar activity on the evolution of these last ones. It was equipped with a low frequency analyzer, a transmitter and an instrument to measure the flow of charged particles.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 222.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russia
Stats
1970
63rd orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
64th mission
13th mission of 1970
60th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission