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MAGION 3

1. Launching State

  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics together with Czech and Slovak Federal Republic

2. An appropriate designator of the space object or its registration number

  • Magion 3, 1991 – 086E

3. Date and territory or location of launch

  • December 18, 1991 (December 28, 1991), Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • Satellite Magion forms a part of the scientific programme of INTERCOSMOS 25 launched from USSR territory on December 18, 1991. The Satellite MAGION 3 was separated into an autonomous orbit on December 28, 1991.

4. Basic orbit parameters:

a) Nodal period

  • 121.73 min.

b) Inclination

  • 82.57 degrees

c) Apogee

  • 3,081 km

d) Perigee

  • 436.5 km

5. General function of space object:

  • research of the magnetosphere and the ionosphere of the Earth by passive and active methods