Soviet Space Program Molniya-M 2BL Prognoz-9

Name: Soviet Space Program Molniya-M 2BL Prognoz-9
Start: 1983-07-01T12:17:00.000Z
Location: 31/6

Molniya-M 2BL

Status

Success

Date

1 JUL 1983

12:17

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

31/6

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

Prognoz is a series of research satellites to study solar activity and its influence on Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere. Prognoz-9 also carried RELIKT-1 experiment to study the cosmic microwave background.

Rocket

Molniya-M 2BL

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Orbit

Elliptical Orbit

Livestream

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