Interkosmos 17 [Yuzhnoye]
Intercosmos 17 was a Soviet technology satellite launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard a Kosmos-3M rocket. Its purpose was to investigate energetic charged and neutral particles and micrometeorite fluxes in circumterrestrial space. It completed operations on 16 January 1979.
Nation: | International |
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Type / Application: | Science |
Operator: | Interkosmos |
Contractors: | Yuzhnoye |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | AUOS-Z |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | 8 deployable fixed solar arrays, solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | 6 months |
Mass: | 1020 kg |
Orbit: | 468 km × 519 km, 83° |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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Interkosmos 17 (AUOS-Z-R-E-IK #1, Ellipse) | 1977-096A | 24.09.1977 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M |