Interkosmos 9 (Kopernik 500 / DS-U2-IK #3), a Polish-Soviet scientific satellite studying solar radio-frequency radiation and Earth's ionosphere under the Interkosmos program. Kosmos-2 (11K63) from Kapustin Yar Site 86/4 placed the craft in LEO on 19 April 1973.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 256 kg
- Flight
- 101st
- of 126 Kosmos 11K63 flights
- Date and time
- 19 April 1973, 10:19 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos 11K63
- Builder
- Yuzhmash
- Launch site
- 86/4, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1973-022
- Launches in 1973
- 22nd of 116
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