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Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere. Nation: USSR. Manufacturer: KBYu. Intercosmos-Bulgaria 1300. Comprehensive investigation of physical processes in the earth's ionosphere and magnetosphere. Carried scientific equipment developed and manufactured in the People's Republic of Bulgaria with the assistance of Soviet scientists .
SpecificationTotal Mass: 1,500 kg.
IK-B-1300 Chronology
07 August 1981
Intercosmos 22 Program: Intercosmos. Launch Site: Plesetsk . Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8A92M. Mass: 1,500 kg. Perigee: 789 km. Apogee: 881 km. Inclination: 81.2 deg. Ionosphere and magnetosphere studies. Intercosmos-Bulgaria 1300. Comprehensive investigation of physical processes in the earth's ionosphere and magnetosphere. Carried scientific equipment developed and manufactured in the People's Republic of Bulgaria with the assistance of Soviet scientists .
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