Status
Success
Auréole 2
Launch Time
Wed Dec 26, 1973 16:30 UTC
Wed Dec 26, 1973 16:30 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Auréole 2
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
1973
114th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
99th mission
17th mission of 1973
86th successful mission
9th consecutive successful mission