Bulgaria 1300 (Interkosmos 22), Bulgaria’s first artificial satellite, built for ionospheric and magnetospheric research under the Interkosmos programme. Vostok-2M from Plesetsk Site 43/3 placed the 1,500 kg craft in near-polar LEO; named for the 1,300th anniversary of the Bulgarian state.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 79th
- of 93 Vostok 8A92M flights
- Date and time
- 7 August 1981, 13:35 UTC
- Rocket
- Vostok 8A92M
- Builder
- RKK Energia
- Launch site
- 43/3 (43L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 1981-075
- Launches in 1981
- 77th of 126
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