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Prognoz 3
Solar-terrestrial study.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Solar-terrestrial study. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1973-009; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 15 February 1973, 01:11:53 UTC
- Launch location
- NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan
- Launch vehicle
- Molniya 8K78M
- Orbit
- Deep-space Earth orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 26 March 1974
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Prognoz 3
Solar-terrestrial study.
- GCAT ID
- S06364
- Manufacturer
- NPO Lavochkin
- Launch mass
- 845 kg
- Dimensions
- 2 m long · 2.5 m diameter · 10 m span
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Gallery
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