Saturday, December 21, 1996

Interkosmos 20

 1979-096A


The Interkosmos-20 satellite was the USSR's first oceanographic satellite. The AUOS-Z class spacecraft, known as Okean-IK, was launched on 1979 Nov 1 by Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk.

Mass was 995 kg.


Interkosmos-20 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1979 Nov 1  0805 Launch by 11K65M (Kosmos-3M)  NIIP-53 
 0807  S3 burn 
 0813? T+8m? S3 MECO-1 
 0838? T+33m? S3 MES-2 
   94.4 462 x 519 x 74.1 
1981 Mar 3   Reentered 

Payload:

  • IR radiometer (sea surface temperatures)

  • DCS data collection system

  • SG-R2 magnetometer

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