Prognoz-9 Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

1 Jul 1983, 12:17pm

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome Launch Site

Baikonur Cosmodrome

Pad

31/6

Launch Service Provider

Soviet Space Program logo

Soviet Space Program

Vehicle

Molniya-M 2BL

Mission

Prognoz-9

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Destination

Elliptical Orbit

Prognoz is a series of research satellites to study solar activity and its influence on Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere. Prognoz-9 also carried RELIKT-1 experiment to study the cosmic microwave background.

Updated: Jan 3, 7:56pm UTC

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