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Intercosmos-16
Solar photometer.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar photometer. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1976-076; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 27 July 1976, 12:00:02 UTC
- Launch location
- GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya
- Launch vehicle
- Kosmos 11K65M
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 13 November 1976
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Intercosmos-16
Solar photometer.
- GCAT ID
- S09055
- Manufacturer
- KB Yuzhnoe im. M K Yangel
- Launch mass
- 302 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.6 m long · 1.3 m diameter · 2.8 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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