Status
Success
Intercosmos 21
Launch Time
Fri Feb 06, 1981 08:00 UTC
Fri Feb 06, 1981 08:00 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Intercosmos 21
Intercosmos 21 was launched by the USSR and carried scientific instruments for testing of methods for comperhensive study of the oceans and the surface of the Earth, and testing of automatic gathering of scientific information from experimental sea and land stations. Launched under the Intercosmos program together with Czechoslovakia, GDR, Hungary and Romania.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 995.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 132/1, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Stats
1981
12th orbital launch attempt
Cosmos-3
254th mission
3rd mission of 1981
236th successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission