Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk Site 132/1 launched Interkosmos 18 (AUOS-Z-M-IK Magik), an ionosphere–magnetosphere research satellite, with Magion 1, Czechoslovakia’s first satellite, separating weeks later for dual-point plasma measurements.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1 T
- Flight
- 189th
- of 445 Kosmos-3M (11K65M) flights
- Date and time
- 24 October 1978, 19:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Kosmos-3M (11K65M)
- Builder
- Polyot
- Launch site
- 132/1 (132L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Earth Science
- International designator
- 1978-099
- Launches in 1978
- 103rd of 128
See it in orbit
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Object pages on Space Atlas: Magion 1
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