NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Intercosmos 11

Launch Time
Fri May 17, 1974 11:00 UTC

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

Intercosmos 11

Intercosmos-11 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: 315.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1974

36th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

105th mission
5th mission of 1974
92nd successful mission
15th consecutive successful mission