Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
11:29:58
Wednesday October 14, 1970
Intercosmos-4 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-4 had to study the Sun. He was carrying 5 scientific instruments, three photometers, a heliograph and a polarimeter.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
303 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
69th
Mission
18th
Mission of 1970
523rd
Mission
65th
Mission of 1970
92nd
Orbital launch attempt