Status
Success
Intercosmos 12
Launch Time
Thu Oct 31, 1974 10:00 UTC
Thu Oct 31, 1974 10:00 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Intercosmos 12
Intercosmos-12 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 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1974
92nd orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
116th mission
16th mission of 1974
103rd successful mission
26th consecutive successful mission