Interkosmos 16 (DS-U3-IK #6), a cooperative solar/aeronomy research satellite of Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Sweden, and the USSR. Kosmos-3M from Kapustin Yar Site 107/2 placed the DS-U3-IK craft in LEO for ultraviolet and X-ray solar observations.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 302 kg
- Flight
- 136th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 27 July 1976, 12:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 107/2, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Heliophysics
- International designator
- 1976-076
- Launches in 1976
- 77th of 131
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