Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
02:59:53
Friday August 7, 1970
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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
222 kilograms
Manufacturer
OKB-586Rocket
Height: 29.59m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 400 kg
GTO: 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust
636 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 1.65m
Height: 2.99m
Stages
2
64th
Mission
13th
Mission of 1970
501st
Mission
43rd
Mission of 1970
63rd
Orbital launch attempt