Soviet Space Program

Informator-1

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

SUCCESS
Success

Tuesday, January 29, 1991 · 11:59 UTC

Mission

/01

Informator 1 was a prototype communications satellite for the Koskon (Space Conversion) Global Space Communication System to collect and transmit data from several scientific stations with an additional radio amateur hosted payload. It was launched on 29 January 1991 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome by a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Kosmos-3M (11K65M)

Variant: -3M

Launch Pad

133/3 (133L)

Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

62.887° N, 40.847° E

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Pad Launches

1345

Location Launches

2399

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6

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