Prognoz 11

Also called Interbol 1 or SO-M2 #512

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General

Designation	23633 / 95039A
Launch date	2 Aug 1995 at 23:59 UT
Country of origin	CIS
Mission	Scientific: magnetosphere study (Prognoz M2)
Perigee/Apogee	505/193064 km
Inclination	63.8°
Period	5472 min
Launch vehicle	Molniya
Mass at launch	1200 kg

This satellite is the Khvostovoy Zond ("Tail") satellite of Project Interbol, intended to investigate the Earth's geomagnetic tail.

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External resources

http://www.iki.rssi.ru/interball.html

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On-board science instruments

SKA-1, PROMICS-3, VDP, AMEI-2, CORAL, ALPHA3 (plasma ions)

ELECTRON, (plasma electrons)

MONITOR-3 (solar wind ions with high time resolution)

IFPE (ion and electron flux variations)

MIF-M, FGS-1, FM-31 (magnetometers); OPERA (electric field)

AKR-X (solar radio emission 0.1-1.5 MHz)

RF-15-1 (solar X-rays 2-240 keV)

SKA-2, DOK-2, SOSNA-2, RKA-2 (energetic particles)

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