Status
Success
Intercosmos 10
Launch Time
Tue Oct 30, 1973 19:00 UTC
Tue Oct 30, 1973 19:00 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Intercosmos 10
Intercosmos-10 is a satellite of the DS-U2 constellation. The satellites of the latter are used to test different systems for future Soviet military satellites.
It will test mainly new methods of communication with the ground, new radar systems, anti-satellites tests and modes of power supply by nuclear battery.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 329.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1973
89th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
95th mission
13th mission of 1973
82nd successful mission
5th consecutive successful mission