NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

Ionosfernaya #1

Launch Time
Sat Dec 27, 1969 14:20 UTC

The launch was a failure for an unknown reason.

Rocket

Cosmos-3M
Image Credit: OKB-586
RVSN USSR
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 1,486 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 32.42 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.44 m
Fairing Height: 5.72 m

Mission Details

Ionosfernaya #1

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

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 800.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1969

125th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

33rd mission
8th mission of 1969
6th failed mission