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U.S.S.R. 



PROGNOZ 1-9 

 U.S.S.R. 



"Big Science" Descriptor : Space: solar and terrestlal physics 



Description of Facility/Instrument : These were Earth-orbiting satel- 

 lites used primarily to study the magnetosphere with the exception 

 of PROGNOZ 9, which performed radio astronomy. 



Date of Construction : 1972-1983 (launches) 



Construction Cost : 1984 $$ : 



Present International Cooperation 



Natlonality(s) of Ownership : U.S.S.R. 

 Nationallty(s) of Operational Funding : U.S.S.R. 

 Nationality (s) of Management Staff : U.S.S.R. 

 Nationality (s) of Researchers ; U.S.S.R. 



These satellites involved a number of Instances of 

 cooperation with the United States and other Western nations 

 as well as with nations of the Eastern Bloc. 



Other information : 

 PROGNOZ 1 

 PROGNOZ 2 



PROGNOZ 3 



PROGNOZ 4 



PROGNOZ 5 



PROGNOZ 6 



PROGNOZ 7 



PROGNOZ 8 



PROGNOZ 9 



Launched 



April 14, 1972, magnetospheric studies. 



June 29, 1972, magnetospheric studies and French 

 solar wind experiment. 



February 15, 1973, magnetospheric studies and 

 French solar wind experiment. 



December 22, 1975, magnetospheric studies and 

 French solar wind experiment. 



November 25, 1976, magnetospheric studies and 

 French solar wind experiment. 



September 22, 1977, magnetospheric studies, 

 French ultraviolet experiments, and Czecho- 

 slovaklan experiments for solar flares. 



October 30, 1978, magnetospheric experiments. 

 The satellite carried Swedish, French, Czecho- 

 slovakian, and Bulgarian experiments. There 

 also was coordinated data analysis with PIONEER/ 

 VENUS, (U.S.), ISEE (U.S. -international), 

 PROGNOZ 7, and VENERA 11 and 12. 



December 25, 1980, magnetospheric experiments. 

 The satellite carried Polish, Czechoslovakian, 

 and Swedish experiments. 



July 1, 1983, radio astronomy. It carried French 

 and Czechoslovakian experiments. 



