Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:05:00
Thursday November 1, 1979
Intercosmos 20 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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
995 kilograms
233rd
Mission
17th
Mission of 1979
1364th
Mission
82nd
Mission of 1979
100th
Orbital launch attempt