Status
Success
Intercosmos 20
Launch Time
Thu Nov 01, 1979 08:05 UTC
Thu Nov 01, 1979 08:05 UTC
Rocket
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