Status
Success
Intercosmos 17
Launch Time
Sat Sep 24, 1977 16:30 UTC
Sat Sep 24, 1977 16:30 UTC
Rocket
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