Status
Success
Auréole 1
Launch Time
Mon Dec 27, 1971 19:00 UTC
Mon Dec 27, 1971 19:00 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Auréole 1
The Auréole 1 and 2 satellites were a joint Soviet-French science mission called ARCAD (Arctic Aurora Density) to investigate physical phenomena in the Earth's upper atmosphere at high latitudes and to study of the nature of auroras.
The satellite were built by Yuzhnoye based on their DS-U2 satellite bus and featured both Soviet and French science instruments.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 463.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1971
132nd orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
67th mission
21st mission of 1971
57th successful mission
10th consecutive successful mission