Interkosmos-12 (DS-U2-IK #5), a cooperative Soviet-bloc science satellite for atmospheric, ionospheric, and micrometeorite research. Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/2 lofted the craft on 31 October 1974 for Interkosmos partners including the USSR and Eastern European states.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 317 kg
- Flight
- 95th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 31 October 1974, 10:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/2, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1974-086
- Launches in 1974
- 92nd of 113
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