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 |
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Type / Application: | Science |
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Contractors: | Yuzhnoye |
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Configuration: | AUOS-Z |
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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 | |
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Kosmos 1809 (AUOS-Z-I-E, AUOS-Z №501, Ionozond-E №501) | 1986-101A | 18.12.1986 | Pl LC-32/2 | Tsiklon-3 |