Interkosmos 3 (DS-U2-IK #1), an international socialist-bloc science satellite launched on a Kosmos-2 from Kapustin Yar to study charged-particle flows and the ionosphere with East European proton, electron, and alpha-particle experiments.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 222 kg
- Flight
- 64th
- of 126 Kosmos 11K63 flights
- Date and time
- 7 August 1970, 02:59 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 86/4, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1970-057
- Launches in 1970
- 63rd of 124
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