Monday, July 22, 1991

Interkosmos 24

 1989-080A


Interkosmos-24 and its subsatellite Magion-2 were launched as the Aktivniy-IK project to carry out active experiments in the magnetosphere. A plasma wave generator and a neutral gas injector were used to create magnetospheric disturbances whose effects were then measured.

Mass 1400 kg. Size 23m long with antennae, 4.0m span with antennae. The bus was 1.0 x 2.6m in size.


Interkosmos-24 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1989 Sep 28  0004:59 Launch by Tsiklon-3  NIIP-53 
  T+2:00 St 1 sep 
  T+3:36 GO sep 
  T+4:42? St 2 sep 
  T+5:02? S5M burn 1 75s 
 0011? T+6:17? S5M MECO-1 
  T+25:00? S5M burn 2 35s 
  T+25:35? S5M MECO-2 
 0031?  T+26:05? S5M sep 
1989 Oct 3   Magion-2 deployed 
1989 Oct 4    115.91 500 x 2492 x 82.6 

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