Informator-1 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

29 Jan 1991, 11:59am

Location

Plesetsk Cosmodrome Launch Site

Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Pad

133/3 (133L)

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Mission

Informator-1

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

Informator 1 was a prototype communications satellite for the Koskon (Space Conversion) Global Space Communication System to collect and transmit data from several scientific stations with an additional radio amateur hosted payload. It was launched on 29 January 1991 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome by a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC

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