Oct 31 1974
From The Space Library
The U.S.S.R. launched Intercosmos 12 from Plesetsk into an orbit with 697-km apogee, 241-km perigee, 94.0-min period, and 74.0° inclination. Tass reported that the satellite, intended to study the earth's atmosphere and ionosphere and the flow of micrometeorites, carried equipment made by specialists from Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, Romania, and Czechoslovakia, as well as the U.S.S.R. The spacecraft reentered 11 July 1975. (LC Science Policy Research Div., interview, 6 Aug 75; GSFC Wkly SSR, 31 Oct-6 Nov 74, 10-16 July 75; Tass, FBIS, 1 Nov 74, U1)
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