NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Intercosmos 20

Launch Time
Thu Nov 01, 1979 08:05 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 20

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 995.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

Stats

1979

100th orbital launch attempt

Cosmos-3

233rd mission
17th mission of 1979
216th successful mission
19th consecutive successful mission