Interkosmos 15 (AUOS-Z-T-IK)

Interkosmos 15 [Yuzhnoye]

Intercosmos 15 was an international cooperative satellite launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome aboard a Kosmos-3M rocket. It was used to test new systems and components of the satellite under space flight conditions.

Nation:	International
Type / Application:	Science
Operator:	Interkosmos
Contractors:	Yuzhnoye
Equipment:
Configuration:	AUOS-Z
Propulsion:
Power:	8 deployable fixed solar arrays, solar cells, batteries
Lifetime:	6 months
Mass:	950 kg
Orbit:	487 km × 521 km, 74°

Satellite	COSPAR	Date	LS		Launch Vehicle	Remarks
Interkosmos 15 (AUOS-Z-T-IK #1)	1976-056A	19.06.1976	Pl LC-132/1		Kosmos-3M

Launch Sites:

Pl = Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP), USSR

Further Interkosmos missions:

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