Ionosfernaya #1

Launch Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

14:20:00

Saturday December 27, 1969

Mission Details

Launch Notes

The launch was a failure for an unknown reason.

Ionosfernaya #1 is a Soviet Kosmos equipped satellite. It was designed to research the outer spheres of the Earth (ionosphere) and the cosmos around it. It was programmed by the Soviet Academy of Sciences. It was operated by the Defense Ministry of the Soviet Union

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

800 kilograms

Rocket

Retired

Cosmos-3M

Active 1967 to 2010

Manufacturer

OKB-586

Rocket

Height: 32.42m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 1,500 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

1,486 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 2.44m

Height: 5.72m

Stages

2

Launch Site

Site 132/1

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 5 hours

Site 132/1

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 5 hours

Stats

Cosmos-3

33rd

Mission

8th

Mission of 1969

OKB-586

458th

Mission

84th

Mission of 1969

1969

125th

Orbital launch attempt