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Status

Success

Intercosmos 17

Launch Time
Sat Sep 24, 1977 16:30 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 17

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,020.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1977

100th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

186th mission
20th mission of 1977
171st successful mission
48th consecutive successful mission