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Designator id: 1991-086A

Description of INTERCOSMOS 25 Satellite:

The lone dedicated Soviet science mission of the year lifted off from Plesetsk aboard a Tsyklon (SL-14) booster. Intercosmos 25 was part of the APEX (Active Plasma Experiment) program to investigate the effects of streams of electrons and beams of plasma on the ionosphere and magnetosphere. The spacecraft was cylindrical, measuring 1.8 m long, 1.5 m in diameter. Eight solar panels extended in petal-like fashion from one end. It weighed about one metric ton at launch. A Czechoslovakian subsatellite, Magion 3, was deployed from Intercosmos 25 on December 28.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 1991-12-18
Launch Vehicle: Tsiklon-3
Launch Site: Plesetsk, U.S.S.R
Mass: 1000.0 kg

Funding Agencies:
Institut Kosmicheskich Issledovaniy(Inst. of Cosmophysical Research) (U.S.S.R)

Disciplines:
Space Physics

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 21819U 91086A   12338.37272408  .00001276  00000-0  24855-3 0  9178
2 21819 082.5544 336.6498 1542017 003.4155 357.6096 12.00787031913062

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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