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Status

Success

Intercosmos 3

Launch Time
Fri Aug 07, 1970 02:59 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 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