Status
Success
Intercosmos 5
Launch Time
Thu Dec 02, 1971 08:25 UTC
Thu Dec 02, 1971 08:25 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Intercosmos 5
Intercosmos-5 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-5 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: 296.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russia
Stats
1971
114th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
84th mission
13th mission of 1971
78th successful mission
6th consecutive successful mission