Status
Success
Intercosmos 9
Launch Time
Thu Apr 19, 1973 10:19 UTC
Thu Apr 19, 1973 10:19 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Intercosmos 9
Intercosmos 9 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-9 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: 256.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 86/1, Kapustin Yar, Russia
Stats
1973
22nd orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-2I
101st mission
3rd mission of 1973
94th successful mission
11th consecutive successful mission