Intercosmos 17

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

16:30:00

Saturday September 24, 1977

Mission Details

Intercosmos 17 was a Soviet technology satellite. Its purpose was to investigate energetic charged and neutral particles and micrometeorite fluxes in circumterrestrial space. It completed operations on 16 January 1979.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

1,020 kilograms

Rocket

Retired

Cosmos-3M

Active 1967 to 2010

Manufacturer

OKB-586

Rocket

Height: 32.42m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 1,500 kg

GTO: 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust

1,486 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 2.44m

Height: 5.72m

Stages

2

Launch Site

Site 132/1

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 5 hours

Site 132/1

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 5 hours

Stats

Cosmos-3

186th

Mission

20th

Mission of 1977

OKB-586

1168th

Mission

79th

Mission of 1977

1977

100th

Orbital launch attempt