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Ionozond-E [Yuzhnoye]
Ionozond-E (also known as AUOS-Z-I-E or Kosmos 1809) was a Soviet low earth orbiting satellite to investigate the ionosphere.
The satellite was built on Yuzhnoye's AUOS-Z bus. It carried a number of space physics instruments for monitoring of the Earth's ionosphere, and also to study of the propagation of radio waves in the ionosphere.
Ionozond-E was launched on 18 December 1986 launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome on a Tsiklon-3 booster.
| Nation: | USSR |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Science |
| Operator: | |
| Contractors: | Yuzhnoye |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | AUOS-Z |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 8 deployable fixed solar arrays, solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 6 months |
| Mass: | 1024 kg |
| Orbit: | 941 km × 961 km, 82.5 |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosmos 1809 (AUOS-Z-I-E, AUOS-Z №501, Ionozond-E №501) | 1986-101A | 18.12.1986 | Pl LC-32/2 | Tsiklon-3 |
Launch Sites:
- Pl = Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP), USSR
Further Interkosmos missions:
- Interkosmos 1, 4, 7, 11, 16 (DS-U3-IK)
- Interkosmos 2, 8 (DS-U1-IK)
- Interkosmos 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 (DS-U2-IK)
- Interkosmos 6 (Energiya)
- Interkosmos 15 (AUOS-Z-T-IK)
- Interkosmos 17 (AUOS-Z-R-E-IK, Ellipse)
- Interkosmos 18 (AUOS-Z-M-IK, Magik)
- Interkosmos 19 (AUOS-Z-I-IK, Ionozond-IK)
- Interkosmos 20, 21 (AUOS-Z-R-P-IK)
- Interkosmos 22 (Bulgaria 1300)
- Interkosmos 23 (Prognoz 10)
- Interkosmos 24 (AUOS-Z-AV-IK, Aktivny-IK)
- Interkosmos 25 (AUOS-Z-AP-IK, APEX)
