Ionosfernaya Stantsiya 1

Ionosfernaya Stantsiya #1, a Soviet ionospheric topside-sounder science satellite intended for electron/ion and radiation measurements. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 failed on 27 December 1969 and did not reach orbit.

Outcome

Failure

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

Did not reach orbit

Flight

18th

of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights

Date and time

27 December 1969, 14:20 UTC

Rocket

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Builder

Polyot

Launch site

132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Payload

Earth Science

Launches in 1969

125th of 125